Beaver Run is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Milford Township and Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States and is part of the Delaware River watershed.
| Beaver Run Muddy Run | |
|---|---|
  Beaver Run | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Township | Milford, Richland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°25′30″N 75°22′34″W / 40.42500°N 75.37611°W |
| • elevation | 530 feet (160 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 40°26′26″N 75°18′47″W / 40.44056°N 75.31306°W |
• elevation | 479 feet (146 m) |
| Length | 4.12 miles (6.63 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Beaver Run → Tohickon Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Licking Run |
| Bridges | Freier Road Mayflower Drive Trumbauersville Road Pennsylvania Route 309 (South West End Boulevard) South Old Bethlehem Pike Front Street Pennsylvania Route 313 (East Broad Street) Nick Luca Drive |
History edit
Beaver Run was first called Muddy Run as indicated on a draft of a 503 acres (204 hectares) owned by John Thompson, surveyed by Samuel Foulke on 15 November 1780.[1]
Statistics edit
Beaver Run was added to the Geographic Names Information System on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1169032. It is listed in the Pennsylvania Gazatteer of Streams as identification number 03185. Its watershed is 5.31 square miles (13.8 km2), and meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 23.10 river mile.[2][3]
Course edit
Beaver Run rises in Milford Township north of the borough of Trumbauersville at an elevation of 530 feet (160 m) and is east oriented for about 0.71 miles (1.14 km) where it receives an unnamed tributary from the left, then runs east southeast then turns northeast. Soon, it makes a sharp bend to the left to flow to the north northwest then back to northeast until it receives Licking Run from the left. It then meanders more or less east until it meets the Tohickon Creek at an elevation of 479 feet (146 m) about 450 feet (140 m) upstream from Morgan Creek's confluence. The stream has an average slope of 12.38 feet per mile (2.11 meters per kilometer).[4]
Geology edit
- Appalachian Highlands Division
- Piedmont Province
- Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
- Brunswick Formation
- Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
- Piedmont Province
Beaver Run lies in the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic, consisting of mudstone, siltstone, and green, brown, and reddish-brown shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels.[5]
Crossings and Bridges edit
| Crossing | NBI Number | Length | Lanes | Spans | Material/Design | Built | Reconstructed | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freier Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mayflower Drive | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trumbauersville Road | 43237 | 7 metres (23 ft) | 2 | 1 | concrete Arch-Deck | 2005 | - | 40°25'40.4"N | 75°21'27.41"W |
| Pennsylvania Route 309 (South West End Boulevard) | 6980 | 9 metres (30 ft) | 2 | 1 | Concrete Tee Beam | 1936 | 1963 | 40°25'34.9"N | 75°20'56.15"W |
| South Old Bethlehem Pike | 7694 | 8 metres (26 ft) | 2 | 1 | Concrete Tee Beam | 1922 | - | 40°25'49.53"N | 75°20'39.6"W |
| Front Street | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania Route 313 (East Broad Street) | 6997 | 12 metres (39 ft) | 2 | 1 | Steel Stringer/Multi-beam or Girder | 1920 | - | 40°26'24.4"N | 75°19'36.8"W |
| Nick Luca Drive | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
References edit
- ^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, p. 18.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Run
- ^ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, Page 30
- ^ "GNIS Feature Search". TNM download. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ http://www.nationalbridges.com/ Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 24 November 2017.