Ironworks Creek

Ironworks Creek
Ironworks Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks County
Township	Northampton Township
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
• coordinates	40°13′15″N 75°00′45″W / 40.22083°N 75.01250°W
Mouth
• location	Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
• coordinates	40°10′18″N 74°59′14″W / 40.17167°N 74.98722°W
• elevation	69 ft (21 m)
Basin size	6.33 sq mi (16.4 km2)

Ironworks Creek

Ironworks Creek (Earth)

Ironworks Creek

Ironworks Creek (the United States)

Ironworks Creek

Ironworks Creek (Pennsylvania)

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]

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

Crossing	NBI Number	Length	Lanes	Spans	Material/Design	Built	Reconstructed	Latitude	Longitude
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Buck Road)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chinquapin Road	7208	15 metres (49 ft)	2	1	Prestressed concrete Box Beam or Girder	1966	2015	40°10'25.6"N	74°59'22"W
Lower Holland Road	7631	33.1 metres (109 ft)	2	1	Cast-in-place concrete Stringer/Multi-beam or girder	1952	-	40°11'54.5"N	75°0'39.3"W
Bustleton Pike	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willow Road	7629	9 metres (30 ft)	2	1	Prestressed concrete Box Beam or Girders	1962	1977	40°11'59.66"N	75°0'43.5"W
Tanyard Road	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Second Street Pike	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania Route 332 (Almshouse Road)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P202.
^ ^a ^b http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazeetterOfStreams.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Page 77
^ "GNIS Feature Search". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ "Google Maps". www.google.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.