title: Dutch Fork (Buffalo Creek tributary)
text: # Dutch Fork (Buffalo Creek tributary)
  
  Dutch Fork is a 11.23 mi (18.07 km) long 3rd order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Dutch Fork of Buffalo Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Dutch Fork rises about 0.25 miles east of Claysville, Pennsylvania, in Washington County and then flows west and north to join Buffalo Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of Dunsfort.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Dutch Fork drains 23.59 square miles (61.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 40.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 306.89, and is about 62% forested.
  
  