Mink Run (Rabbit Run) is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]
| Mink Run Rabbit Run | |
|---|---|
  Mink Run | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Township | Bedminster |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°27′0″N 75°11′52″W / 40.45000°N 75.19778°W |
| • elevation | 397 feet (121 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 40°26′35″N 75°9′46″W / 40.44306°N 75.16278°W |
• elevation | 282 feet (86 m) |
| Length | 2.05 miles (3.30 km) |
| Basin size | 2.10 square miles (5.4 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mink Run → Tohickon Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Bridges | Sweetbriar Road Fretz ValleyRoad Deer Run Road Farm School Road |
| Slope | 56.1 feet per mile (10.63 m/km) |
Statistics
editMink Run rises just east of Fairview Road in Bedminster Township and is part of the Delaware River watershed. Its GNIS identification number is 1181342 and was entered into the GNIS system on 2 August 1797, its Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03145, has a watershed of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 8.01 river mile.[2][3]
Course
editMink Run begins about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of Lake Nockamixon at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m) and runs about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) where it turns south-southeast and picks up two tributaries, one on either side, after flowing another 0.5 miles (0.80 km) mile it shares its mouth with Deer Run at an elevation of 282 feet (86 m). Its average slope is 56.1 feet per mile (10.63 m/km) Wolf Run meets the Tohickon only a couple hundred feet downstream of Mink Run's confluence.
Geology
edit- Appalachian Highlands Division
- Piedmont Province
- Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
- Brunswick Formation
- Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
- Piedmont Province
Wolf Run lies within the Brunswick Formation in the Newark Basin laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic. Rocks includes mudstone, siltstone, and reddish-brown, green, and brown shale. Mineralogy includes red and dark-gray argillite and hornfels.[4]
Crossings and Bridges
edit- Farm School Road
- Deer Run Road
- Fretz Valley Road
- Sweetbriar Road
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P244.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deep Run
- ^ paGazetteerOfStreams, lycomingedu, p105, I.D. 03141 (PDF)
- ^ "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2017.