Dyers Creek

Dyers Creek
Dyers Creek
	Dyers Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Lower Makefield
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	40°15′30″N 74°52′58″W / 40.25833°N 74.88278°W
• elevation	210 feet (64 m)
Mouth
• coordinates	40°16′3″N 74°51′18″W / 40.26750°N 74.85500°W
• elevation	23 feet (7.0 m)
Length	1.16 miles (1.87 km)
Basin size	1.2 square miles (3.1 km2)
Basin features
Progression	Dyers Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Bridges	Dolington Road; Taylorsville Road; Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) and towpath; Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
Slope	161.21 feet per mile (30.532 m/km)

Dyers Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River wholly contained within Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Statistics

The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1173680,^[1] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02952.^[2]

Course

Dyers Creek rises in the northwestern portion of Lower Makefield Township at an elevation of 210 feet (64 m), flowing generally northeast for about half of its course, then turns eastward until its confluence at the Delaware River's 139.80 river mile at an elevation of 23 feet (7.0 m), resulting in an average slope of 161.21 feet per mile (30.532 m/km).

Municipalities

Bucks County
- Lower Makefield Township

Crossings and bridges

Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road) - NBI structure number 6786, bridge is 7 metres (23 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, continuous concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder, built 1929.^[3]
Taylorsville Road
Dolington Road

In popular culture

Dyers Creek is the main river in the Land of Calormia.

References

^ "Domestic Names".
^ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 56.
^ "National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012". www.nationalbridges.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2017.^{[title missing]}

[1] "Domestic Names".

[2] ttp://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 56.

[national-3] "National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012". www.nationalbridges.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2017.^{[title missing]}

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