Mill Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary, Wrightstown Township)

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River in Pennsylvania, United States

Mill Creek is a tributary of Neshaminy Creek, one of three tributaries of the Neshaminy which all share the same name, and one of six in Bucks County, Pennsylvania which share the name.[1]
The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1181118,[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02596.[3]

Mill Creek begins with the confluence of Watson Creek and Lahaska Creek in the central portion of Buckingham Township a short distance south-southeast of the village of Buckingham, flows generally southeast for almost 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the southwest of Buckingham Mountain where it turns to the east. At the confluence with an unnamed tributary from the left, Mill Creek turns southward for a little more than 0.5 miles (0.80 km). Meeting with another unnamed tributary from the left, it now flows southwestward about another 0.5 miles (0.80 km) until Robin Run joins at Mill Creek’s 4.39 river mile from the right where it runs south-southwest for 1.33 miles (2.14 km) to its confluence at Neshaminy Creek’s 23.65 river mile just south of Rushland.[4]

Geology[edit]

At Mill Creek’s headwaters, at the confluence of Lahaska Creek and Watson Creek, is the Allentown Formation, a sedimentary layer of rock deposited during the Cambrian. Mineralogy includes dolomite, limestone, chert, siltstone, oolite, stromatolites, and sharpstone conglomerate.

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After a very short distance, it flows into the Leithsville Formation, a sedimentary layer also deposited during the Cambrian. Mineralogy includes dolomite, some containing sand or shale, calcareous shale, and chert.

It then flows into the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary layer laid down during the Jurassic and Triassic. Mineralogy includes shale, mudstone, siltstone, green and brown shale.

Shortly before it reaches the Neshaminy, it flows into the Lockatong Formation, another formation of sedimentary rock. Mineralogy includes a dark-gray to black argillite, some zones of black shale, and some limestone and calcareous shale.

Named Tributaries[edit]

Municipalities[edit]

Crossings and Bridges[edit]

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Crossing NBI Number Length Lanes Spans Material/Design Built Reconstructed Latitude Longitude
Swamp Road 40820 22 metres (72 ft) 2 1 Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder 2000 – 40°15’34.1″N 75°1’33.3″W
Forest Grove Road 7346 129.9 feet (39.6 m) – 6 masonry arch-deck 1905 – 40°16’54″N 75°1’18″W
Smith Road (373) 7523 84 feet (26 m) – 6 Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck 2000 – 40°17’11″N 75°1’32″W
New Hope Road 70815 48.9 feet (14.9 m) – – Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck 1983 – 40°17’21″N 75°2’4″W
Lower Mountain Road 7532 68.9 feet (21.0 m) – – Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck 1982 – 40°18’5″N 75°2’56″W
Upper Mountain Road 7533 66.9 feet (20.4 m) – – Prestressed concrete box beam or girder 1995 – 40°18’33″N 75°3’7″W

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
  2. ^ “Domestic Names”.
  3. ^ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 97
  4. ^ “Google Maps”. www.google.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  5. ^ www.nationalbridges.com http://www.nationalbridges.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  6. ^ uglybridges.com/, retrieved 25 June 2017.


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