Scotts Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River contained wholly within Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and drains at the Delaware's 124.10 river mile.
| Scotts Creek Sepaessing Kijl | |
|---|---|
  Scotts Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Township | Falls |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°9′27″N 74°47′8″W / 40.15750°N 74.78556°W |
| • elevation | 10 feet (3.0 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 40°7′41″N 74°46′33″W / 40.12806°N 74.77583°W |
• elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) |
| Length | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Scotts Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Landmarks | Pennsbury Manor |
| Waterbodies | Van Sciver Lake Manor Lake |
| Bridges | Tyburn Road Bordentown Road Pennsbury Memorial Road |
History
editOn a map by Lindeström in 1654-1656, Scotts Creek was known as Sepaessing Kijl. Sepaessing was a Native American word meaning 'plum tree' and the term Kijl was a Swedish term meaning river or creek. Because of the excavations of the Warner Company, Scotts Creek retains little of its original characteristics. Most of it is contained within Manor Lake and Van Sciver Lake.[1][2][3]
Statistics
editScotts Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1187173,[4] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02926.[5]
Course
editThe current source of Scotts Creek is Van Sciver Lake, flowing south through Manor Lake on to the Delaware River's 124.10 river mile.
Municipalities
editCrossings and Bridges
edit- Pennsbury Memorial Road
- Bordentown Road
- Tyburn Road
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P346.
- ^ "Bucks County Waterfront Revitalization Plan", http://www.bcrda.com/pdf/Natural_Cultural_062504.pdf, retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Warner Family Narrative", http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wynkoop/webdocs/warnerfn.htm, retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Domestic Names".
- ^ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 124