Buck Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, rising in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and meeting its confluence at the Delaware River's 138.00 river mile.
Statistics Buck Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1170509, U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02944.http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 39.
Course Mirror Lake Road passes between two small unnamed lakes at an elevation of , the head waters of Buck Creek. The creek runs easterly for about then turns northerly for about , then slowly curves to the east receiving an unnamed tributary from the left, entering Yardley Borough, receiving Brock Creek from the right, then meeting with the Delaware River at its 138 river mile at an elevation of , resulting in an average slope of .
Municipalities Bucks County Lower Makefield Township Yardley Borough
Crossings and Bridges Crossing NBI Number Length Lanes Spans Material/Design Built Reconstructed LatitudeLongitude Mirror Lake Road--------- Pennsylvania Route 332 (Yardley Newtown Road)--------- Schultz Lane--------- North Main Street731322continuous concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder1931-40°14'38.9"N74°50'29"W Delaware Canal Brock Creek Aqueduct--------- Pennsylvania Route 32 (North Delaware Avenue, River Road)678421steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1932198040°14'42.5"N74°50'12.7"W
See also List of rivers of Pennsylvania List of rivers of the United States List of Delaware River tributaries
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