Hickory Creek (Delaware River tributary)
Hickory Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[1]
| Hickory Creek Hickory Run | |
|---|---|
  Hickory Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Township | Plumstead |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°24′17″N 75°4′26″W / 40.40472°N 75.07389°W |
| • elevation | 420 feet (130 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 40°25′11″N 75°3′45″W / 40.41972°N 75.06250°W |
• elevation | 72 feet (22 m) |
| Length | 1.17 miles (1.88 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Hickory Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Bridges | Wismer Road Tollgate Road Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road) Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) and towpath |
| Slope | 297.44 feet per mile (56.333 m/km) |
History
editHickory Creek's name was due to the abundance of hickory trees in the area. It was once regarded as the border between the villages of Point Pleasant and Lower Black Eddy.[2]
Statistics
editHickory Creek is located entirely within Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania. Its GNIS I.D. number is 1176953. Its watershed is 1.50 square miles (3.9 km2), and meets at the Delaware River's 156.98 river mile. It rises at an elevation of 420 feet (130 m) and meets the Delaware at an elevation of 72 feet (22 m), resulting in an average slope of 297.44 feet per mile (56.333 m/km). Its U.S. Geological I.D. number is 3109.[3][4]
Course
editHickory rises near Tollgate Road, southeast of Ferry Road and flows northeast 1.17 miles (1.88 km) to the Delaware River.
Geology
editHickory Creek lies in a sliver of diabase rock which intruded into the Lockatong Formation of the Piedmont Lowland during the Jurassic and the Triassic, occurring as a sill of dense, dark gray to black and very fine grained, 90-95% labradorite and augite.
Crossings and Bridges
edit| Crossing | NBI Number | Length | Lanes | Spans | Material/Design | Built | Reconstructed | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wismer Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tollgate Road | 48538 | 12 metres (39 ft) | 2 | 2 | concrete culvert | 1989 | - | 40°24'21"N | 75°4'23"W |
| Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) and towpath | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "GNIS Feature Search". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P190.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hickory Creek
- ^ paGazetteerOfStreams, lycomingedu, p105, I.D. 03109 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-17, retrieved 2017-12-04