Wolf Run (Tohickon Creek tributary) explained

Wolf Run
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Size:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Wolf 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:1.73miles
Source1 Elevation:380feet
Mouth Elevation:282feet
Progression:Wolf Run → Tohickon CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River System:Delaware River
Basin Size:1.16sqmi
Bridges:Creamery Road
Haas Court
Rolling Hills Road
Custom Label:Slope
Custom Data:56.65ft/mi

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

Statistics

Wolf Run lies entirely within Bedminster Township. Its GNIS identification number is 1191669, its Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03141. Its length is 1.73feet, its watershed is 1.16sqmi, rising at an elevation of 380feet. It reaches its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 7.90 river mile, at an elevation of 282feet, only about 200feet downstream of where Mink Run and Deer Run reach the Tohickon. The average slope is 56.65ft/mi

Course

Wolf Run rises in Bedminster Township north of Pennsylvania Route 113 (Bedminster Road) near the village of Bedminster and is northeast oriented in a relatively straight course to the Tohickon Creek.

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.