Brock Creek (Buck Creek)
| Brock Creek | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks County |
| Township | Lower Makefield Township, Yardley Borough |
| Source | |
| - coordinates | 40°12′40″N 74°52′35″W / 40.21111°N 74.87639°W |
| Mouth | |
| - elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°14′33″N 74°50′41″W / 40.24250°N 74.84472°WCoordinates: 40°14′33″N 74°50′41″W / 40.24250°N 74.84472°W |
| Basin | 4.29 sq mi (11 km2) |
Brock Creek is a tributary of Buck Creek, rising in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and meets its confluence at Buck Creek's 0.60 river mile in Yardley Borough.
Statistics
The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1170304,[1] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02946.[2]
Course
Brock Creek rises near the southwest corner of Lower Makefield Township just east of Interstate 95 flowing generally east then northeast, turning northerly before it enters Yardley Borough.
Municipalities
Crossings and Bridges
- Pennsylvania Route 332 (West Afton Avenue) - NBI Structure number 7012, bridge is 13 metres (43 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, concrete Tee Beam, built 1961.[3]
- Sandy Run Road
- Edgewood Road - NBI structure number 7233, bridge is 9 metres (30 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, concrete tee beam, built 1937.[3]
- Stony Hill Road - NBI structure number 7305, bridge is 7 metres (23 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, concrete tee beam, built 1926.[3]
- Heacock Road
- Covington Road
- Covington Road
See also
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- List of rivers of the United States
- List of Delaware River tributaries
References
- ↑ http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1170304
- ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 38.
- 1 2 3 http://www.nationalbridges.com, retrieved 20 July 2017.
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