Dimple Creek (Kimples Creek) is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Haycock Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the Delaware River watershed.MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P123.
Statistics Dimple Creek's GNIS identification number is 1173286, its Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources identification number is 03174. It has a watershed of , and meets it confluence at Tohickon Creek's 19.90 river mile. Dimple Creek flows through Lake Towhee.
Course Dimple Creek rises at an elevation of in the northern part of Haycock Township from an unnamed pond west northwest of Little Haycock Mountain. Flowing south, it receives a tributary from the left bank, then flows into Lake Towhee a lake formed by a dam in the creek. From there it flows to the southwest to its confluence with the Tohickon at the Levi Sheard Mill at an elevation of . The stream is , which results in an average slope of 16.45 feet per mile (3.35 meters per kilometer).
Geology Appalachian Highlands Division Piedmont Province Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section Diabase Dimple Creek lies in an intrusion of magma into the local Brunswick Formation in the Newark Lowland section or rock, part of the Piedmont Province of the Appalchian Highlands Division. About 200 million years ago, about the time of the Jurassic and the Triassic, the magma intruded and cooled to form diabase consisting of labradorite and augite, very highly resistant to erosion.
Crossings and Bridges
Crossing NBI Number Length Lanes Spans Material/Design Built Reconstructed LatitudeLongitudeStoney Garden Road---------East Sawmill Road746411Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1937-40°29'18.5"N75°15'21.2"WDeerwood Lane744911Steel Stringer/Multi-beam or girder1971-40°29'7.4"N75°15'36.23"WRoudenbush Road757911 Steel stringer/nulti-beam or girder1930-40°28'15.1"N75°16'3.2"WEast Thatcher Road741421Prestressed concrete box beam or girders - single or spread1972-40°27'32.3"N75°16'33.2"W
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