Morgan Creek is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States, rising in Milford Township and empties into the Tohickon in Richland Township east of Quakertown.
History The stream was originally named Bog Run as it was indicated so on a draft of Elizabeth Galloway's land in 1781 and a number of other drafts by Samuel Foulke about the same time. It was named so because it ran through the wetlands today known as the Quakertown Swamp. The origin of the name Morgan Creek is unknown, but, it may have referred to General Daniel Morgan.MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P245.
Statistics The Geographic Names Information System identification is 1181545. The Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams' identification is 03184. Morgan Creek has a watershed of . The elevation of the source is approximately and the elevation at the mouth is and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 23.0 river mile.
Course Morgan Creek rises in Milford Township just south of Trumbauersville at an elevation of and flows toward the east and slowly curves to the northeast by the time it drains into the Tohickon at an elevation of . The stream has an average slope of 12.5 feet per mile (1.78 meters per kilometer).
Geology Appalachian Highlands Division Piedmont Province Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section Brunswick Formation The course of Morgan Run lies in the Brunswick Formation laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic and consists of mudstone, siltstone, along with reddish-brown, green, and brown shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels.
Crossings and Bridges
Crossing NBI Number Length Lanes Spans Material/Design Built Reconstructed LatitudeLongitude Allentown Road (South Main Street)--------- Scholls School Road763722Concrete culvert1974-40°24'32.9"N75°21'15.9"W Pennsylvania Route 309 (South West End Boulevard)697921Concrete Tee Beam1936196340°24'46.7"N75°20'31"W South Old Bethlehem Pike763821Concrete Tee Beam1922197040°24'53.62"N75°20'16"W Pennsylvania Route 313 (Doylestown Pike)699622Concrete Tee Beam1930-40°26'17.1"N75°18'54.5"W
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