Mill Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary, Wrightstown Township)

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Mill Creek
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Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Doylestown
Warrington
Physical characteristics
Source Lahaska Creek, Watson Creek
 • coordinates 40°15′47″N75°12′27″W / 40.26306°N 75.20750°W / 40.26306; -75.20750
 • elevation217 feet (66 m)
Mouth  
 • coordinates
 40°16′30″N75°9′43″W / 40.27500°N 75.16194°W / 40.27500; -75.16194
 • elevation
120 feet (37 m)
Length6.08 miles (9.78 km)
Basin size4.88 square miles (12.6 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionMill Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system Delaware River
LandmarksLookaway Golf Club, Briarwood Day Camp
Tributaries 
 • right Robin Run (4.39)
Slope15.95 feet per mile (3.021 m/km)

Mill Creek is a tributary of Neshaminy Creek, one of three tributaries of the Neshaminy which all share the same name, and one of six in Bucks County, Pennsylvania which share the name. [1] The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1181118, [2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02596. [3]

Contents

Course

Mill Creek begins with the confluence of Watson Creek and Lahaska Creek in the central portion of Buckingham Township a short distance south-southeast of the village of Buckingham, flows generally southeast for almost 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the southwest of Buckingham Mountain where it turns to the east. At the confluence with an unnamed tributary from the left, Mill Creek turns southward for a little more than 0.5 miles (0.80 km). Meeting with another unnamed tributary from the left, it now flows southwestward about another 0.5 miles (0.80 km) until Robin Run joins at Mill Creek's 4.39 river mile from the right where it runs south-southwest for 1.33 miles (2.14 km) to its confluence at Neshaminy Creek's 23.65 river mile just south of Rushland. [4]

Geology

At Mill Creek's headwaters, at the confluence of Lahaska Creek and Watson Creek, is the Allentown Formation, a sedimentary layer of rock deposited during the Cambrian. Mineralogy includes dolomite, limestone, chert, siltstone, oolite, stromatolites, and sharpstone conglomerate.

After a very short distance, it flows into the Leithsville Formation, a sedimentary layer also deposited during the Cambrian. Mineralogy includes dolomite, some containing sand or shale, calcareous shale, and chert.

It then flows into the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary layer laid down during the Jurassic and Triassic. Mineralogy includes shale, mudstone, siltstone, green and brown shale.

Shortly before it reaches the Neshaminy, it flows into the Lockatong Formation, another formation of sedimentary rock. Mineralogy includes a dark-gray to black argillite, some zones of black shale, and some limestone and calcareous shale.

Named Tributaries

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

[5] [6]

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Swamp Road4082022 metres (72 ft)21Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder2000-40°15'34.1"N75°1'33.3"W
Forest Grove Road7346129.9 feet (39.6 m)-6masonry arch-deck1905-40°16'54"N75°1'18"W
Smith Road (373)752384 feet (26 m)-6Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck2000-40°17'11"N75°1'32"W
New Hope Road7081548.9 feet (14.9 m)--Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck1983-40°17'21"N75°2'4"W
Lower Mountain Road753268.9 feet (21.0 m)--Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck1982-40°18'5"N75°2'56"W
Upper Mountain Road753366.9 feet (20.4 m)--Prestressed concrete box beam or girder1995-40°18'33"N75°3'7"W

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 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, page 97
  4. ↑ "Google Maps". www.google.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  5. ↑ www.nationalbridges.com https://web.archive.org/web/20131031210639/http://nationalbridges.com/. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2017.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  6. ↑ uglybridges.com/, retrieved 25 June 2017.
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