Mink Run (Tohickon Creek tributary) explained

Mink Run
Name Other:Rabbit Run
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Size:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Mink Run
Pushpin Map Alt:pushpin map showing location of Mink Run
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:2.05miles
Source1 Elevation:397feet
Mouth Elevation:282feet
Progression:Mink Run → Tohickon CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River System:Delaware River
Basin Size:2.1sqmi
Bridges:Sweetbriar Road
Fretz ValleyRoad
Deer Run Road
Farm School Road
Custom Label:Slope
Custom Data:56.1ft/mi

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

Statistics

Mink Run rises just east of Fairview Road in Bedminster Township and is part of the Delaware River watershed. Its GNIS identification number is 1181342 and was entered into the GNIS system on 2 August 1797, its Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03145, has a watershed of 2.1sqmi, and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 8.01 river mile.

Course

Mink Run begins about 1.3miles southeast of Lake Nockamixon at an elevation of 397feet and runs about 1.4miles where it turns south-southeast and picks up two tributaries, one on either side, after flowing another 0.5miles mile it shares its mouth with Deer Run at an elevation of 282feet. Its average slope is 56.1ft/mi Wolf Run meets the Tohickon only a couple hundred feet downstream of Mink Run's confluence.

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, P244.
  2. Web site: Pennsylvania Geological Survey . https://web.archive.org/web/20140411084629/http://www.gis.dcnr.state.pa.us/geology/index.html . dead . April 11, 2014 . PaGEODE . Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources . 10 December 2017.