Ironworks Creek

Ironworks Creek is a tributary of Mill Creek in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, part of the Neshaminy Creek, and of the Delaware River watersheds.[1]

Ironworks Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks County
TownshipNorthampton Township
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorthampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
 • coordinates40°13′15″N 75°00′45″W
Mouth 
 • location
Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
 • coordinates
40°10′18″N 74°59′14″W
 • elevation
69 ft (21 m)
Basin size6.33 sq mi (16.4 km2)
Ironworks Creek
Ironworks Creek (Earth)
Ironworks Creek
Ironworks Creek (the United States)
Ironworks Creek
Ironworks Creek (Pennsylvania)

Statistics

Rising near Richboro, Ironworks creek flows in a generally south and southeasterly course passing through Springfield Lake finally meeting its confluence at Mill Creek's 1.90 river mile, its watershed is approximately 6.33 square miles (16.4 km2).[2]

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection designation is 02526.[2]
US Geological Survey designation is 1192672. [3]

Tributaries

Ironworks Creek has three unnamed tributaries, one of which joins within the Churchville Reservoir, a lake constructed in 1942 by damming up a section of the creek.[4] The Churchville Nature Center, a facility of the Bucks County Parks and Recreation that operates a 55 acre environmental education center and nature preserve adjacent to the reservoir, works on protecting the 700+ acres of the watershed formed around the Ironworks Creek.

Geology

Ironworks Creek lies within the Stockton Formation, a sedimentary layer of rock laid down during the Triassic. Mineralogy includes sandstone, arkosic sandstone, siltstone, shale, and mudstone.

Municipalities

The stream and it tributaries lie wholly within Northampton Township.

Crossings and Bridges
CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Buck Road)---------
Chinquapin Road720815 metres (49 ft)21Prestressed concrete Box Beam or Girder1966201540°10'25.6"N74°59'22"W
Lower Holland Road763133.1 metres (109 ft)21Cast-in-place concrete Stringer/Multi-beam or girder1952-40°11'54.5"N75°0'39.3"W
Bustleton Pike---------
Willow Road76299 metres (30 ft)21Prestressed concrete Box Beam or Girders1962197740°11'59.66"N75°0'43.5"W
Tanyard Road---------
Second Street Pike---------
Pennsylvania Route 332 (Almshouse Road)---------

See also

References
  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P202.
  2. http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazeetterOfStreams.pdf%5B%5D, Page 77
  3. "GNIS Feature Search". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. https://www.google.com/maps/, retrieved 24 June 2017
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