• Source: Buck Creek (Delaware River tributary)

    • 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.


    Course


    Mirror Lake Road passes between two small unnamed lakes at an elevation of 110 feet (34 m), the head waters of Buck Creek. The creek runs easterly for about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) then turns northerly for about 0.5 miles (0.80 km), 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 33 feet (10 m), resulting in an average slope of 40.52 feet per mile (7.674 m/km).


    Municipalities


    Bucks County
    Lower Makefield Township
    Yardley Borough


    Crossings and Bridges




    See also


    List of rivers of Pennsylvania
    List of rivers of the United States
    List of Delaware River tributaries


    References

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