Core Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary)

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Core Creek
Coar Creek, Koar Creek, Ye Old Mans Creek
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Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Lower Makefield, Middletown
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates 40°15′30″N74°54′51″W / 40.25833°N 74.91417°W / 40.25833; -74.91417
 • elevation280 feet (85 m)
Mouth  
 • coordinates
 40°11′22″N74°55′40″W / 40.18944°N 74.92778°W / 40.18944; -74.92778
 • elevation
66 feet (20 m)
Length7.24 miles (11.65 km)
Basin size9.77 square miles (25.3 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionCore Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system Delaware Bay
LandmarksGarden of Reflection, Core Creek Park
WaterbodiesSilver Lake, Lake Luxembourg
Slope29.56 feet per mile (5.598 m/km)

Core Creek is a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rising in Lower Makefield Township, it flows in the Stockton Formation until it meets its confluence with the Neshaminy in Middletown Township. At one time it powered seven mills along its length.

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Statistics

The watershed of Core Creek is approximately 9.77 square miles (25.3 km2), part of the Delaware River watershed, and meets at the Neshaminy Creek's 14.30 river mile. The Geographic Names Information System I.D. is 1172452. [1] The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey I.D. is 02543. [2]

History

An old document in the Library of the Bucks County Historical Society at one time dated "the 3 day of ye 7th month of 1696," the report of a jury appointed by the Court of Bucks County to lay out "a road (viz a cart road) from new towne [Newtown] to ye ferry at Gilbert Wheeler's." At one time there were seven mills along the creek. [3]

Course

Core Creek rises in the northwestern portion of Lower Makefield Township, oriented east, then southeast, then is oriented southwest for some distance, passing into Middletown Township until it passes through Core Creek Park as it passes through Lake Luxembourg, created in 1975. After the lake, it continues southwest until it meets with the Neshaminy Creek. [4]

Geology

Core creek lies within the Stockton Formation, a bedrock of sandstone, arkosic sandstone, shale, siltstone, and mudstone deposited during the Triassic. [5]

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

[6]

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Pennsylvania Route 413 (Langhorne Newtown Road)4095120 metres (66 ft)31Prestressed box beam or girders-multiple2000-40°11'26.6"N74°55'36"W
Park Road
Woodbourne Road724513 metres (43 ft)21Prestressed concrete box beam or girder-single or spread1976-40°12'42.2"N74°54'26.89"W
Pennsylvania Route 332 (Newtown Yardley Road, Newtown Bypass)700743 metres (141 ft)41Prestressed concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder1990-40°13'54"N74°54'6"W
Lindenhurst Road730713 metres (43 ft)21Prestressed concrete box beam or girders-single or spread1966-40°14'7.8"N74°53'46.5"W
Quarry Road
Woodside Road
Lindenhurst Road412406 metres (20 ft)22Culvert2001-40°15'24.5"N74°53'50.48"W
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Washington Crossing Road)

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "GNIS Feature Search". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ↑ paGazetteerOfStreams, lycomingedu, p48, I.D. 02561 (PDF)
  3. ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P84.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map". TNM Download. U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "The National Bridge Inventory Database". National Bridges. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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