Mill Creek
pushpin map showing location of Mill Creek
pushpin map showing location of Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipDoylestown
Warrington
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°15′47″N 75°9′43″W / 40.26306°N 75.16194°W / 40.26306; -75.16194
 • elevation390 feet (120 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°16′30″N 75°9′43″W / 40.27500°N 75.16194°W / 40.27500; -75.16194
 • elevation
217 feet (66 m)
Basin size4.88 square miles (12.6 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionMill Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River systemDelaware River

Mill Creek is one of the three tributaries of the Neshaminy Creek bearing the name and one of six Mill Creeks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[1] Rising in Doylestown Township, Mill Creek runs about 2 miles (3.2 km) to its confluence at Neshaminy Creek's 36.40 river mile.

Statistics

Mill Creek meets the Neshaminy Creek at the Neshaminy's 36.40 river mile. It drains a Watershed of 4.88 square miles (12.6 km2).The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1181119,[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02638.[3]

Course

Rising near the intersection of Limekiln Pike (Pennsylvania Route 152) and Stump Road from an unnamed pond, Mill Creek flows southeast for a very short distance whereupon it runs a little less than 2 miles (3.2 km) picking up two unnamed tributaries from the right, then for a very short distance it curls to the north where it meets the Neshaminy Creek.[4]

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

  • Bristol Road - NBI Structure Number 7216, bridge is 10 metres (33 ft) long, box beam or girders - single or spread, prestressed concrete, built in 1987.[5]
  • Pickertown Road - NBI Structure Number 7495, bridge is 20 metres (66 ft) long, box beam or girders - multiple, prestressed concrete, built in 2004.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P229.
  2. ↑ "Domestic Names".
  3. ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 97
  4. ↑ "Google Maps".
  5. ↑ www.nationalbridges.com https://web.archive.org/web/20131031210639/http://nationalbridges.com/. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ www.nationalbridges.com https://web.archive.org/web/20131031210639/http://nationalbridges.com/. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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