Pidcock Creek

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Pidcock Creek
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Van Sant Covered Bridge on Pidcock Creek
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Pidcock Creek
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Buckingham
Upper Makefield
Solebury
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 40°18′35″N75°1′57″W / 40.30972°N 75.03250°W / 40.30972; -75.03250
  elevation230 feet (70 m)
Mouth  
  coordinates
40°19′56″N74°56′5″W / 40.33222°N 74.93472°W / 40.33222; -74.93472
  elevation
49 feet (15 m)
Length6.73 miles (10.83 km)
Basin size12.70 square miles (32.9 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionPidcock Creek → Delaware RiverDelaware Bay
River system Delaware River
Tributaries 
  right Curls Run
BridgesHolicong Road
Pineville Road
Street Road
Pidcock Creek Road
Atkinson Road (Creek Road)
Pennsylvania Route 232 (Windy Bush Road)
Covered Bridge Road (Van Sant Covered Bridge)
Bowmans Hill Tower Road
Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) and towpath
Slope26.89 feet per mile (5.093 m/km)

Pidcock Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rising in Buckingham Township, it flows into the Delaware in Solebury Township after a short side trip within Upper Makefield Township.

Contents

History

Pidcock Creek was named for John Pidcock, early settler, occupying in 1698, and purchasing on 31 May 1701 from Gilbert Wheeler, the tract later known as the Thompson-Neely tract. The tract also included an old Lenape village called Win-na-haw-caw-chunk in the Wheeler and Pidcock deeds. [1]

Statistics

Pidcock Creek was added to the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1183702. [2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 03002. It has a drainage basin of 12.70 square miles (32.9 km2). [3]

Course

Pidcock Creek rises in Buckingham Township from an unnamed pond and quickly receives two tributaries, one from the left and one from the right. Flowing into Solebury Township, it eventually turn to the southeast where it receives Curls Run from the right. Then it makes a short jaunt into Upper Makefield Township where it picks up another tributary from the right and returns to Solebury after which it turn eastward, then makes an "S" bend where it receives another tributary from the right then it meets its confluence at the Delaware's 146.30 river mile.

Tributaries

Municipalities

Crossings and bridges

See also

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References

  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, p. 301
  2. "Pidcock Creek Summary Report". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  3. "Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams" (PDF). Lycoming.edu. p. 110. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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