Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania Dutch: Hollenbach) is a 34.1-mile-long (54.9 km)[1] tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.[4]
| Jordan Creek Hollenbach in Pennsylvania Dutch language | |
|---|---|
 Jordan Creek in Allentown in January 2007 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| City | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County |
| • coordinates | 40°44′01″N 75°44′08″W / 40.73361°N 75.73556°W[3] |
| Mouth | Little Lehigh Creek |
• location | Allentown, Lehigh County |
• coordinates | 40°36′04″N 75°27′41″W / 40.60111°N 75.46139°W[3] |
| Length | 34.1 mi (54.9 km)[1] |
| Basin size | 75.8 sq mi (196 km2)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Allentown[2] |
| • average | 157 cu ft/s (4.4 m3/s)[2] |
| • minimum | 8.7 cu ft/s (0.25 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 1,390 cu ft/s (39 m3/s) |
Geography
editJordan Creek arises from a natural spring on Blue Mountain. The spring is located downhill from the Bake Oven Knob shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Heidelberg Township in Lehigh County. The water course then flows intermittently downhill past Mountain Road, carrying further south through Heidelberg Township and passing through the Trexler Nature Preserve in Schnecksville.
Jordan Creek joins Little Lehigh Creek in Allentown before soon flowing into the Lehigh River.[4] It drains an area of 75.8 square miles (196 km2).[2]
Along with Bethlehem, Egypt, and Emmaus, Jordan Creek is one several Lehigh Valley locations whose name was inspired by locations referenced in the Bible.[5]
Tributaries
edit- Elk Ridge Run
- Haasadahl Creek
- Hegel's Run
- Macintosh Run
- Mill Creek
- Schantz Valley Creek
- Switzer Creek
- Thicket Run
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". The National Map. U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01452000 Jordan Creek at Allentown, PA". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Jordan Creek". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- ^ Theodore, Bevin (20 June 2008). "Nazareth's Repayment Day celebrates legend of Barony of Rose". Penn Live. The Patriot News. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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