Buck Creek (Delaware River tributary)

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Buck Creek
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Buck Creek (Delaware River) approaching a Dam in Yardley Pennsylvania, May 2020
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Buck Creek
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Lower Makefield
Borough Yardley
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 40°13′51″N74°52′12″W / 40.23083°N 74.87000°W / 40.23083; -74.87000
  elevation110 feet (34 m)
Mouth  
  coordinates
40°14′42″N74°50′12″W / 40.24500°N 74.83667°W / 40.24500; -74.83667
  elevation
33 feet (10 m)
Length1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Basin size6.99 square miles (18.1 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionBuck Creek → Delaware RiverDelaware Bay
River system Delaware River
Tributaries 
  right Brock Creek
BridgesMirror Lake Road
Pennsylvania Route 332 (Yardley Newtown Road)
North Main Street
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
Pennsylvania Route 32 (North Delaware Avenue, River Road)

Buck Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, rising in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and meeting its confluence at the Delaware River's 138.00 river mile.

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Statistics

Buck Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1170509, [1] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02944. [2]

Course

Mirror Lake Road passes between two small unnamed lakes at an elevation of 110 feet (34 m), the head waters of Buck Creek. The creek runs easterly for about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) then turns northerly for about 0.5 miles (0.80 km), then slowly curves to the east receiving a unnamed tributary from the left, entering Yardley Borough, receiving Brock Creek from the right, then meeting with the Delaware River at its 138 river mile at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m), resulting in an average slope of 40.52 feet per mile (7.674 m/km).

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Mirror Lake Road---------
Pennsylvania Route 332 (Yardley Newtown Road)---------
Schultz Lane---------
North Main Street731320 metres (66 ft)22continuous concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder1931-40°14'38.9"N74°50'29"W
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)---------
Pennsylvania Route 32 (North Delaware Avenue, River Road)678421 metres (69 ft)21steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1932198040°14'42.5"N74°50'12.7"W

See also

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References

  1. "Domestic Names".
  2. http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 39.