Scotts Creek (Delaware River tributary)

Scotts Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River contained wholly within Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and drains at the Delaware's 124.10 river mile.

Scotts Creek
Sepaessing Kijl
Scotts Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipFalls
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°9′27″N 74°47′8″W
 • elevation10 feet (3.0 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°7′41″N 74°46′33″W
 • elevation
7 metres (23 ft)
Length2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Basin features
ProgressionScotts Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
LandmarksPennsbury Manor
WaterbodiesVan Sciver Lake
Manor Lake
BridgesTyburn Road
Bordentown Road
Pennsbury Memorial Road

History

On a map by Lindeström in 1654-1656, Scotts Creek was known as Sepaessing Kijl. Sepaessing was a Native American word meaning 'plum tree' and the term Kijl was a Swedish term meaning river or creek. Because of the excavations of the Warner Company, Scotts Creek retains little of its original characteristics. Most of it is contained within Manor Lake and Van Sciver Lake.[1][2][3]

Statistics

Scotts Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1187173,[4] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02926.[5]

Course

The current source of Scotts Creek is Van Sciver Lake, flowing south through Manor Lake on to the Delaware River's 124.10 river mile.

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges
  • Pennsbury Memorial Road
  • Bordentown Road
  • Tyburn Road

See also

References
  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P346.
  2. "Bucks County Waterfront Revitalization Plan", http://www.bcrda.com/pdf/Natural_Cultural_062504.pdf, retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. "Warner Family Narrative", http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wynkoop/webdocs/warnerfn.htm, retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1187173
  5. http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 124
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