Nesquehoning Creek

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Nesquehoning Creek is a tributary of the Lehigh River in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.

The Nesquehoning Creek encompasses a 34 square miles (88 km²) drainage area between Broad Mountain to the northwest and Nesquehoning Mountain and Pisgah Mountain to the southeast. Approximately 7.2 square miles (18.6 km²) of the watershed is located in Schuylkill County while 26.7 square miles (69.2 km²) is located in Carbon County. The watershed encompasses four municipalities.

1. Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County

2. Packer Township, Carbon County

3. Lehigh Township, Carbon County

4. Rush Township, Schuylkill County

The Nesquehoning Creek Watershed originates in a forested area on the slopes of Broad Mountain. It flows south for about two miles (3 km) then turns to the northeast and flows into Greenwood Lake. Approximately 600 feet (180 m) downstream from the spillway, it discharges into Lake Hauto. It then continues to the northeast in a relatively narrow valley. The stream then travels down a narrow undeveloped section to its confluence with the Lehigh River.

The heavily forested, relatively steep slopes of Broad and Nesquehoning Mountains characterize the land within the watershed.

The Nesquehoning Creek valley consists of some residential and industrial development. Urban development is concentrated in the Borough of Nesquehoning and Hometown.

Large areas in the valley have been disturbed by coal mining related activities. Much of the runoff from strip mines is retained in abandoned pits and therefore lesser amounts of surface runoff is discharged into Nesquehoning Creek.

Nesquehoning Creek at the bridge on Industrial Road,Green Acres Industrial Park

Nesquehoning Creek during the flood of June 27,2006

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  • Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  • Flood Damage and Mitigation Report, Economic Development Administration and Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania, February 1999
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