Queen Anne Creek
pushpin map showing location of Queen Anne Creek
pushpin map showing location of Queen Anne Creek
Queen Anne Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipFalls
Middletown
Bristol
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates40°11′34″N 74°50′51″W / 40.19278°N 74.84750°W / 40.19278; -74.84750
  elevation120 feet (37 m)
Mouth 
  coordinates
40°8′21″N 74°52′28″W / 40.13917°N 74.87444°W / 40.13917; -74.87444
  elevation
39 feet (12 m)
Length4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Basin features
ProgressionQueen Anne Creek → Mill CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
LandmarksFairless Hills
Queen Anne Park
Middletown Township Park
WaterbodiesCaroline Lake
BridgesU.S. Route 1 (business)(Lincoln Highway)
Austin Drive
Trenton Road
South Oxford Valley Road
South Olds Boulevard
Wistar Road
Woodbourne Road
New Falls Road
Bristol Oxford Valley Road
Slope18 feet per mile (3.4 m/km)

Queen Anne Creek is a tributary of Mill Creek, part of the Delaware River drainage basin in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rising just north of Fallsington, it meets with its confluence with Mill Creek in Bristol Township.[1]

Statistics

The watershed of Queen Anne Creek is 6.64 square miles (17.2 km2). The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1184538,[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 63801.[3]

Course

Rising in Falls Township just north of Fallsington at an elevation of 120 feet (37 m), Queen Anne Creek flows generally southwestward passing through Caroline Lake, then through Queen Anne Park, and Middletown Township Park to its confluence at Mill Creek's 5 River Mile at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m), resulting in an average slope of 18 feet per mile (3.4 m/km).[4]

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
U.S. Route 1 (business)(Lincoln Highway)---------
Austin Drive760422 feet (6.7 m)21Concrete culvert1953-40°11'0"N74°50'48"W
Trenton Road718015 feet (4.6 m)21Prestressed concrete box beam or girders - multiple1957201140°10'10"N74°52'28"W
South Oxford Valley Road72919 feet (2.7 m)21Prestressed concrete box beam or girders - multiple1954200940°10'27"N74°51'22"W
South Olds Boulevard760729.9 feet (9.1 m)24Steel culvert1953-40°10'18"N74°51'52"W
Wistar Road7588136.2 feet (41.5 m)21Prestressed concrete stringer/multi-beam girder1978-40°9'51"N74°51'36"W
Woodbourne Road724142 feet (13 m)22Prestreesed concrete box beam or girders - multiple1955199040°9'23.9"N74°51'44.55"W
New Falls Road7163118.1 feet (36.0 m)42Prestreesed concrete box beam or girders - multiple1960-40°8'32"N74°52'22"W
Bristol Oxford Valley Road---------

See also

References

  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P324.
  2. "Domestic Names".
  3. http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 115
  4. "TNM Download v2". viewer.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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