Toms Creek is a 20.8-mile-long (33.5 km)[1] tributary of the Monocacy River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States. Via the Monocacy River, it is part of the Potomac River watershed, flowing to Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
| Toms Creek (Monocacy River tributary) | |
|---|---|
 Monocacy River watershed | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania, Maryland |
| Counties | Adams, Frederick |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Monocacy River |
• coordinates | 39°38′23″N 77°16′34″W / 39.6397°N 77.2762°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Copper Run, Flat Run, Middle Creek |
| • right | Miney Branch, Friends Creek, Turkey Creek |
| Namesakes | Toms Creek Hundred |
The creek rises on South Mountain in southwestern Adams County, Pennsylvania, and flows south, then southeast, through Iron Springs and Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania, and past Emmitsburg, Maryland.
| Intersections, north-to-south | |||||
| Intersection | Location/Description | Coordinates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | [specify] | ||||
| Perennial flow | 39°47′41″N 77°26′46″W / 39.79466°N 77.44608°W[2] | ||||
| Bridge | 1836 roadway bridge | ||||
| Populated place | Maria Furnace | ||||
| Bridge | 1888 B&H RR (replaced 1912 by the Auburn Shale Brick Company of Gettysburg) | 39°46′21″N 77°24′35″W / 39.772485°N 77.409848°W | |||
| Bridge | covered Burr arch | 39°46′1″N 77°23′13″W / 39.76694°N 77.38694°W | |||
| Confluence | Miney Branch | 39°44′10″N 77°22′07″W / 39.73615°N 77.36874°W[2] | |||
| PA/MD state line | |||||
| Confluence | Middle Creek | ||||
| Mouth | Monocacy River | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ a b "The National Map" (NHD Viewer). National Hydrography Dataset. NationalMap.gov (USGS). Retrieved 2011-07-26.