Toms Creek (Monocacy River tributary) | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania, Maryland |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Adams, Frederick |
Mouth: | Monocacy River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.6397°N -77.2762°W |
Tributaries Left: | Copper Run, Flat Run, Middle Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Miney Branch, Friends Creek, Turkey Creek |
Custom Label: | Namesakes |
Custom Data: | Toms Creek Hundred |
Toms Creek is a 20.8adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Monocacy River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States. Via the Monocacy River, it is part of the Potomac River watershed, flowing to Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
The creek rises on South Mountain in southwestern Adams County, Pennsylvania, and flows south, then southeast, through Iron Springs and Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania, and past Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Intersections, north-to-south | |||||
Intersection | Location/Description | Coordinates | |||
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Source | |||||
Perennial flow | 39.7947°N -77.4461°W[2] | ||||
Bridge | 1836 roadway bridge | ||||
Populated place | Maria Furnace | ||||
Bridge | 1888 B&H RR (replaced 1912 by the Auburn Shale Brick Company of Gettysburg) | 39.7725°N -77.4098°W | |||
Bridge | covered Burr arch | 39.7669°N -77.3869°W | |||
Confluence | Miney Branch | 39.7362°N -77.3687°W | |||
PA/MD state line | |||||
Confluence | Middle Creek | < | --small>39.7234°N -77.2289°W--> | ||
Mouth | Monocacy River | < | --small>39.7202°N -77.2177°W[3] | ||