Beaver Creek (Tinicum Creek tributary)

Beaver Creek (Lenape name - Amochkhanne, Amoch=beaver, khanne=creek) is a tributary of Tinicum Creek in Bridgeton, Nockamixon, and Tinicum Townships in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The creek is part of the Delaware River watershed.[1]

Beaver Creek
Location map of Pennsylvania showing location of Beaver
Location map of Pennsylvania showing location of Beaver
Beaver Creek
Native nameAmochkhanne (Delaware)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipTinicum, Nockamixon, Bridgeton
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°32′14″N 75°7′20″W / 40.53722°N 75.12222°W / 40.53722; -75.12222
 • elevation540 feet (160 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°28′50″N 75°8′49″W / 40.48056°N 75.14694°W / 40.48056; -75.14694
 • elevation
226 feet (69 m)
Length4.76 miles (7.66 km)
Basin size6.83 square miles (17.7 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionBeaver Creek → Tinicum CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
BridgesLonely Cottage Road, Lonely Cottage Road, Strocks Grove Road, Rocky Ridge Road, Byers Road, Clay Ridge Road

Statistics

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Beaver Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1169002, its identification number in the PA Gazetteer of Streams is 3241.[2][3]

Course

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Beaver Creek rises in Bridgeton Township near Lonely Cottage Road at an elevation of approximately 540 feet (160 m) and runs generally southwest for 3.68 miles (5.92 km) until it meets its confluence at Tinicum Creek's 6.41 river mile at an elevation of 226 feet (69 m). During its course it receives three tributaries from the left and three from the right. The average slope is 85.3 feet per mile (15.37 meters per kilometer).[4]

Geology

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Beaver Creek's course is located in a region of diabase rock which intruded into the local sedimentary layers of the Brunswick and Lockatong Formations during the Jurassic and the Triassic, then the remaining course flows over the Brunswick Formation. Diabase is a dark gray to black, fine grained and very dense, consisting of primarily labradorite and augite.[5]

Crossings and Bridges

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Crossing NBI Number Length Lanes Spans Material/Design Built Reconstructed Latitude Longitude
Lonely Cottage Road - - - - - - - - -
Lonely Cottage Road 7624 7 metres (23 ft) 2 1 Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder 1961 - 40°32'5.1"N 75°7'38.2"W
Strocks Grove Road 7571 7 metres (23 ft) 1 1 Concrete tee-beam 1920 - 40°31'11"N 75°8'4"W
Rocky Ridge Road 7623 7 metres (23 ft) 2 1 Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder 1980 - 40°30'55.3"N 75°8'18.1"W
Byers Road 7569 14 metres (46 ft) 1 2 Concrete tee-beam 1912 1980 40°30'18.4"N 75°8'23.1"W
Beaver Run Road - - - - - - - - -
Clay Ridge Road 7566 12 metres (39 ft) 1 1 Concrete arch-deck 1909 - 40°29'3.6"N 75°8'38.75"W

See also

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References

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  1. ^ MacReynolds, George (1942). Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Historical Society. p. 17.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Creek
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams: Alphabetical Listing" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "GNIS Feature Search". TNM download. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2018.