Toms Creek (Monocacy River tributary)
Monocacy River watershed
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania, Maryland
CountiesAdams, Frederick
Physical characteristics
MouthMonocacy River
 • coordinates
39°38′23″N 77°16′34″W / 39.6397°N 77.2762°W / 39.6397; -77.2762
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftCopper Run, Flat Run, Middle Creek
 • rightMiney Branch, Friends Creek, Turkey Creek
NamesakesToms Creek Hundred

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.

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
Perennial flow 39°47′41″N 77°26′46″W / 39.79466°N 77.44608°W / 39.79466; -77.44608[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 / 39.772485; -77.409848
Bridge covered Burr arch 39°46′1″N 77°23′13″W / 39.76694°N 77.38694°W / 39.76694; -77.38694 (Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge)
Confluence Miney Branch 39°44′10″N 77°22′07″W / 39.73615°N 77.36874°W / 39.73615; -77.36874[2]
PA/MD state line
Confluence Middle Creek
Mouth Monocacy River

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
  2. 1 2 "The National Map" (NHD Viewer). National Hydrography Dataset. NationalMap.gov (USGS). Retrieved 2011-07-26.
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