Deer Run (Tohickon Creek tributary) explained

Deer Run
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Size:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Deer Run
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Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Bucks
Subdivision Type4:Township
Subdivision Name4:Bedminster
Length:3.89miles
Source1 Elevation:390feet
Mouth Elevation:282feet
Progression:Deer Run → Tohickon CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River System:Delaware River
Basin Size:5.51sqmi
Bridges:Sweetbriar Road
Center School Road
Center School Road
Fretz Valley Road
Creamery Road
Rolling Hills Road
Deer Run Road
Custom Label:Slope
Custom Data:27.76ft/mi

Deer Run is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]

Statistics

Deer Run is contained wholly within Bedminster Township and is part of the Delaware River watershed. It's GNIS identification number is 1192341, the PA Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03142. Its watershed is 5.51sqmi. It meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 8.00 river mile.

Course

Deer Run rises in Bedminster Township about 2.5miles east northeast of Elephant at an elevation of 390feet. It is, at first, south southeast oriented for about 1miles where it picks up an unnamed tributary from the south, and it turns and flows generally northeast for about 0.78miles where it receives an unnamed tributary on the left, then continues for another 1.8miles where it shares its confluence with Mink Run at the Tohickon Creek at an elevation of 282feet, resulting in an average slope of 27.76ft/mi. Its mouth is only about 200feet upstream from Wolf Run.

Geology

Wolf Run lies within the Brunswick Formation in the Newark Basin laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic. Rocks includes mudstone, siltstone, and reddish-brown, green, and brown shale. Mineralogy includes red and dark-gray argillite and hornfels.[2]

Crossings and Bridges

See also

Notes and References

  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P402.
  2. Web site: Pennsylvania Geological Survey . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20210409185604/http://www.gis.dcnr.state.pa.us/geology/index.html . dead . April 9, 2021 . PaGEODE . Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources . 10 December 2017.