| Dimple Creek | |
| Name Other: | Kimples Creek |
| Image Alt: | Lake Towhee reflection.jpg |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Dimple Creek |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | pushpin map showing location of Dimple Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bucks |
| Subdivision Type4: | Township |
| Subdivision Name4: | Haycock |
| Length: | 3.89miles |
| Source1 Elevation: | 520feet |
| Mouth Elevation: | 456feet |
| Progression: | Dimple Creek → Tohickon Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
| River System: | Delaware River |
| Basin Size: | 7.33sqmi |
| Basin Landmarks: | Haycock Mountain |
| Waterbodies: | Lake Towhee |
| Bridges: | Stoney Garden Road East Sawmill Road Deerwood Lane Roudenbush Road East Thatcher Road |
Dimple Creek (Kimples Creek) is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Haycock Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the Delaware River watershed.[1]
Dimple Creek's GNIS identification number is 1173286, its Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources identification number is 03174. It has a watershed of 7.33sqmi, and meets it confluence at Tohickon Creek's 19.90 river mile. Dimple Creek flows through Lake Towhee.
Dimple Creek rises at an elevation of 520feet in the northern part of Haycock Township from an unnamed pond west northwest of Little Haycock Mountain. Flowing south, it receives a tributary from the left bank, then flows into Lake Towhee a lake formed by a dam in the creek. From there it flows to the southwest to its confluence with the Tohickon at the Levi Sheard Mill at an elevation of 456feet. The stream is 3.89miles, which results in an average slope of 16.45 feet per mile (3.35 meters per kilometer).
Dimple Creek lies in an intrusion of magma into the local Brunswick Formation in the Newark Lowland section or rock, part of the Piedmont Province of the Appalchian Highlands Division. About 200 million years ago, about the time of the Jurassic and the Triassic, the magma intruded and cooled to form diabase consisting of labradorite and augite, very highly resistant to erosion.[2]
| Crossing | NBI Number | Length | Lanes | Spans | Material/Design | Built | Reconstructed | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Garden Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Sawmill Road | 7464 | 7m (23feet) | 1 | 1 | Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder | 1937 | - | 40°29'18.5"N | 75°15'21.2"W |
| Deerwood Lane | 7449 | 7m (23feet) | 1 | 1 | Steel Stringer/Multi-beam or girder | 1971 | - | 40°29'7.4"N | 75°15'36.23"W |
| Roudenbush Road | 7579 | 9m (30feet) | 1 | 1 | Steel stringer/nulti-beam or girder | 1930 | - | 40°28'15.1"N | 75°16'3.2"W |
| East Thatcher Road | 7414 | 17m (56feet) | 2 | 1 | Prestressed concrete box beam or girders - single or spread | 1972 | - | 40°27'32.3"N | 75°16'33.2"W |