Rapp Creek (Tinicum Creek tributary)

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Rapp Creek
Rapp Run
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Rapp Creek
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks County
Township Nockamixon Township
Physical characteristics
SourcePond
 • locationPond near Lake Warren
 • coordinates 40°32′36″N75°09′26″W / 40.54333°N 75.15722°W / 40.54333; -75.15722
 • elevation530 feet (160 m)
Mouth  
 • location
Confluence of Rapp Creek and Beaver Creek forming the headwaters of Tinicum Creek
 • coordinates
 40°28′50″N75°08′48″W / 40.48056°N 75.14667°W / 40.48056; -75.14667
 • elevation
240 feet (73 m)
Length5.71 miles (9.19 km)
Basin size6.97 square miles (18.1 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionRapp Creek-Tinicum Creek-Delaware River
River system Delaware River
WaterbodiesLake Warren
BridgesLake Warren Road, Lonely Cottage Road, Colonial Way, Marienstein Road, Beaver Run Road, Quarry Road, Bunker Hill Road, Clay Ridge Road

Rapp Creek is a tributary of Tinicum Creek in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Rapp Creek is part of the Delaware River watershed.

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Statistics

Rapp Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1184658. It appears in the Pennsylvania Gazatteer of Streams as identification number 03235 which indicates that Rapp Creek has a watershed of 6.97 square miles (18.1 km2). Rapp Creek and Beaver Creek meet their confluences together at Tinicum Creek's 6.40 river mile. [1] [2]

Course

The headwaters of Rapp Creek rises from an unnamed pond south of Coffman Hill in upper Bucks County and flows into Lake Warren within a few hundred feet. Lake Warren was formed as a result of an earthen dam about 1935 and is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission. The dam is about 10 feet high, 110 feet long which allows Warren to contain a surface area of 15 acres (6.1 ha). After Lake Warren, Rapp continues generally southeastward for about two-thirds of its length receiving a tributary from the left. Then as it turns to flow to the southeast, it picks up a tributary from the right bank next to a quarry. After a short length it meets Beaver Creek to form Tinicum Creek. [1]

Geology

Rapp Creek begins in a region of diabase, an igneous intrusion rising during the Jurassic and the Triassic which consists of dark and very fine grained labradorite and augite. It then flows into the Lockatong Formation, a sedimentary layer consisting of dark-gray to black argillite, shale, with some limestone and calcareous shale. Shortly before it meets the Tinicum, it passes into the Brunswick Formation, which consists of sedimentary mudstone, siltstone, and shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels. [3]

Crossings and Bridges

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Clay Ridge Road756717 metres (56 ft)12Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1917-40°28'54.3"N75°8'49.2"W
Bunker Hill Road---------
Quarry Road757316 metres (52 ft)12Masonry Arch-deck1900-40°29'49.9"N75°9'56.4"W
Beaver Run Road756324 metres (79 ft)21Masonry Arch-deck1902196340°30'44.8"N75°9'13.3"W
Marienstein Road---------
Colonial Way---------
Lonely Cottage Road76257 metres (23 ft)21Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1960-40°31'58.9"N75°9'14.5"W
Lake Warren Road---------

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Feature Search". TNM download. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Gazetteer of streams - Alphabetical Listing" (PDF). www.lycoming.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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