Lahaska Creek

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Lahaska Creek
Randalls Creek, Randalls Run, Randals Run
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Native name
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Solebury Township, Buckingham Township
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates 40°21′25″N75°1′58″W / 40.35694°N 75.03278°W / 40.35694; -75.03278
 • elevation310 feet (94 m)
Mouth  
 • coordinates
 40°18′47″N75°3′23″W / 40.31306°N 75.05639°W / 40.31306; -75.05639
 • elevation
210 feet (64 m)
Length3.04 miles (4.89 km)
Basin size6.97 square miles (18.1 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionLahaska Creek → Mill Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system Delaware River
LandmarksHolicong Park
Slope32.89 feet per mile (6.229 m/km)

Lahaska Creek (Lackawissa or Lahaskeekee) is a tributary of Mill Creek in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [1] The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1178763, [2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02632. [3]

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History

The area was originally inhabited by the Lenape native americans as Lackawissa or Lahaskeekee, "the place of much writing". In 1718, Richard Mitchell purchased 70 acres (28 hectares) and built a mill. It was replaced later by another mill known as Rush Valley Mills. After Mitchell, it was owned by Eldad Roberts, then by Joseph Watson. [1]

Course

Lahaska Creek rises near the southwest border of Solebury Township from an unnamed pond north of the village of Lahaska. Flowing just a little over 100 feet (30 m), it enters Buckingham Township running southwest, then south, then southwest again, runs through five more ponds, and is supplied by two unnamed tributaries before its junction with Watson Creek forming Mill Creek at the Mill Creek 6.80 river mile. [4]

Geology

The headwaters of Lahaska Creek begins in the Stockton conglomerate from the Triassic consisting of conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone. Mineralogy is mostly quartz.

It quickly moves into the Stockton Formation also from the Triassic, which consists of sandstone, arkosic sandstone, shale, siltstone, and mudstone.

It then very briefly flows through a small portion of the Beekmantown Group, from the Ordovician, a layer of limestone containing dolomite, and chert.

Then it spends most of its time in the Allentown Formation, from the Cambrian. The Allentown consists of dolomite and impure limestone, siltstone containing calcium carbonate, oolites, stromatolites, and sharpstone. [5]

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Crossings and Bridges

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References

  1. 1 2 MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
  2. ↑ "Domestic Names".
  3. ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf Archived 2015-09-17 at the Wayback Machine , Page 80
  4. ↑ "Lahaska Creek · Buckingham Township, PA".
  5. ↑ "Pennsylvania Geology Survey". PaFEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ uglybridges.com http://uglybridges.com . Retrieved 27 June 2017.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
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