Английская Википедия:Beaver Run (Tohickon Creek tributary)
Beaver Run is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Milford Township and Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States and is part of the Delaware River watershed.
History
Beaver Run was first called Muddy Run as indicated on a draft of a Шаблон:Convert owned by John Thompson, surveyed by Samuel Foulke on 15 November 1780.[1]
Statistics
Beaver Run was added to the Geographic Names Information System on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1169032. It is listed in the Pennsylvania Gazatteer of Streams as identification number 03185. Its watershed is Шаблон:Convert, and meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 23.10 river mile.[2][3]
Course
Beaver Run rises in Milford Township north of the borough of Trumbauersville at an elevation of Шаблон:Convert and is east oriented for about Шаблон:Convert where it receives an unnamed tributary from the left, then runs east southeast then turns northeast. Soon, it makes a sharp bend to the left to flow to the north northwest then back to northeast until it receives Licking Run from the left. It then meanders more or less east until it meets the Tohickon Creek at an elevation of Шаблон:Convert about Шаблон:Convert upstream from Morgan Creek's confluence. The stream has an average slope of 12.38 feet per mile (2.11 meters per kilometer).[4]
Geology
- Appalachian Highlands Division
- Piedmont Province
- Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
- Brunswick Formation
- Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
- Piedmont Province
Beaver Run lies in the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic, consisting of mudstone, siltstone, and green, brown, and reddish-brown shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels.[5]
Crossings and Bridges
| Crossing | NBI Number | Length | Lanes | Spans | Material/Design | Built | Reconstructed | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freier Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mayflower Drive | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trumbauersville Road | 43237 | Шаблон:Convert | 2 | 1 | concrete Arch-Deck | 2005 | - | 40°25'40.4"N | 75°21'27.41"W |
| Pennsylvania Route 309 (South West End Boulevard) | 6980 | Шаблон:Convert | 2 | 1 | Concrete Tee Beam | 1936 | 1963 | 40°25'34.9"N | 75°20'56.15"W |
| South Old Bethlehem Pike | 7694 | Шаблон:Convert | 2 | 1 | Concrete Tee Beam | 1922 | - | 40°25'49.53"N | 75°20'39.6"W |
| Front Street | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania Route 313 (East Broad Street) | 6997 | Шаблон:Convert | 2 | 1 | Steel Stringer/Multi-beam or Girder | 1920 | - | 40°26'24.4"N | 75°19'36.8"W |
| Nick Luca Drive | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
References
- ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, p. 18.
- ↑ Шаблон:GNIS
- ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, Page 30
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ http://www.nationalbridges.com/ Шаблон:Webarchive, retrieved 24 November 2017.
