Brock Creek (Buck Creek tributary)

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Brock Creek
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Brock Creek
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Lower Makefield
Borough Yardley
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 40°12′40″N74°52′35″W / 40.21111°N 74.87639°W / 40.21111; -74.87639
  elevation140 feet (43 m)
Mouth  
  coordinates
40°14′33″N74°50′41″W / 40.24250°N 74.84472°W / 40.24250; -74.84472
  elevation
49 feet (15 m)
Length3.34 miles (5.38 km)
Basin size4.29 square miles (11.1 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionBrock Creek → Buck CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River system Delaware River
BridgesCovington Road
Covington Road (second bridge)
Heacock Road
Stony Hill Road
Edgewood Road
Sandy Run Road
Pennsylvania Route 332 (West Afton Avenue)
Slope27.25 feet per mile (5.161 m/km)

Brock Creek is a tributary of Buck Creek, rising in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and meets its confluence at Buck Creek's 0.60 river mile in Yardley Borough.

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Statistics

Brock Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey as identification number 1170304, [1] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02946. [2]

Course

Brock Creek rises near the southwest corner of Lower Makefield Township just east of Interstate 95 at an elevation of 140 feet (43 m), flowing generally east then northeast, turning northerly before it enters Yardley Borough and meets at Buck Creek's 0.60 river mile at an elevation of 49 feet (15 m).

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Covington Road---------
Covington Road---------
Heacock Road---------
Stony Hill Road73057 metres (23 ft)21concrete tee beam1926-40°12'53.1"N74°51'29.9"W
Edgewood Road72339 metres (30 ft)21concrete tee beam1937-40°13'29"N74°50'52"W
Sandy Run Road---------
Pennsylvania Route 332 (West Afton Avenue)701213 metres (43 ft)21concrete tee beam1961-40°14'27.8"N74°50'43.17"W

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References

  1. "Domestic Names".
  2. http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 38.