Pidcock Creek

Pidcock Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rising in Buckingham Township, it flows into the Delaware in Solebury Township after a short side trip within Upper Makefield Township.

Pidcock Creek
Van Sant Covered Bridge on Pidcock Creek
pushpin map showing location of Pidcock Creek
pushpin map showing location of Pidcock Creek
Pidcock Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipBuckingham
Upper Makefield
Solebury
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°18′35″N 75°1′57″W
 • elevation230 feet (70 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°19′56″N 74°56′5″W
 • elevation
49 feet (15 m)
Length6.73 miles (10.83 km)
Basin size12.70 square miles (32.9 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionPidcock Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • rightCurls Run
BridgesHolicong Road
Pineville Road
Street Road
Pidcock Creek Road
Atkinson Road (Creek Road)
Pennsylvania Route 232 (Windy Bush Road)
Covered Bridge Road (Van Sant Covered Bridge)
Bowmans Hill Tower Road
Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) and towpath
Slope26.89 feet per mile (5.093 m/km)

History

Pidcock Creek was named for John Pidcock, early settler, occupying in 1698, and purchasing on 31 May 1701 from Gilbert Wheeler, the tract later known as the Thompson-Neely tract. The tract also included an old Lenape village called Win-na-haw-caw-chunk in the Wheeler and Pidcock deeds.[1]

Statistics

Pidcock Creek was added to the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1183702.[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 03002. It has a drainage basin of 12.70 square miles (32.9 km2).[3]

Course

Pidcock Creek rises in Buckingham Township from an unnamed pond and quickly receives two tributaries, one from the left and one from the right. Flowing into Solebury Township, it eventually turn to the southeast where it receives Curls Run from the right. Then it makes a short jaunt into Upper Makefield Township where it picks up another tributary from the right and returns to Solebury after which it turn eastward, then makes an "S" bend where it receives another tributary from the right then it meets its confluence at the Delaware's 146.30 river mile.

Tributaries

Municipalities

Crossings and bridges
  • Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
  • Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road) - NBI structure number 6791, bridge is 48 metres (157 ft) long, 2 lane, 2 spans, masonry arch-deck, built 1935.[4]
  • Bowmans Hill Tower Road
  • Covered Bridge Road (Van Sant Covered Bridge) - NBI structure number 7536, bridge is 26 metres (85 ft) long, single lane, single lane, wood or timber truss - thru, reconstructed 2008.[4] Van Sant Covered Bridge is number 80003438 on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
  • Pennsylvania Route 232 (Windy Bush Road) - NBI structure number 6958, bridge is 15 metres (49 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, concrete tee beam, built 1930, reconstructed 2011.[4]
  • Atkinson Road (Creek Road) - NBI structure number 7525, bridge is 15 metres (49 ft) long, single lane, 3 spans, masonry arch-deck, reconstructed 2006.[4]
  • Pidcock Creek Road
  • Street Road - NBI structure number 7542, bridge is 8 metres (26 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, steel stringer/multi-beam or girder, steel deck, built 1954, reconstructed 2013.[4]
  • Pineville Road - NBI structure number 47909, bridge is 46.9 feet (14.3 m) long, concrete tee-beam, concrete cast-in-place deck, built 1954, reconstructed 2013.[6]
  • Holicong Road

See also

References
  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, p. 301
  2. "Pidcock Creek Summary Report". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  3. "Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams" (PDF). Lycoming.edu. p. 110. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. "National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  5. "NPGallery Asset Detail". Npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  6. "UglyBridges.com: National Bridge Inventory data". Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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