Queen Anne Creek

Queen Anne Creek
Queen Anne Creek
	Queen Anne Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Falls; Middletown; Bristol
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	40°11′34″N 74°50′51″W
• elevation	120 feet (37 m)
Mouth
• coordinates	40°8′21″N 74°52′28″W
• elevation	39 feet (12 m)
Length	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Basin features
Progression	Queen Anne Creek → Mill Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Landmarks	Fairless Hills; Queen Anne Park; Middletown Township Park
Waterbodies	Caroline Lake
Bridges	U.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
Slope	18 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

Crossing	NBI Number	Length	Lanes	Spans	Material/Design	Built	Reconstructed	Latitude	Longitude
U.S. Route 1 (business)(Lincoln Highway)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Drive	7604	22 feet (6.7 m)	2	1	Concrete culvert	1953	-	40°11'0"N	74°50'48"W
Trenton Road	7180	15 feet (4.6 m)	2	1	Prestressed concrete box beam or girders - multiple	1957	2011	40°10'10"N	74°52'28"W
South Oxford Valley Road	7291	9 feet (2.7 m)	2	1	Prestressed concrete box beam or girders - multiple	1954	2009	40°10'27"N	74°51'22"W
South Olds Boulevard	7607	29.9 feet (9.1 m)	2	4	Steel culvert	1953	-	40°10'18"N	74°51'52"W
Wistar Road	7588	136.2 feet (41.5 m)	2	1	Prestressed concrete stringer/multi-beam girder	1978	-	40°9'51"N	74°51'36"W
Woodbourne Road	7241	42 feet (13 m)	2	2	Prestreesed concrete box beam or girders - multiple	1955	1990	40°9'23.9"N	74°51'44.55"W
New Falls Road	7163	118.1 feet (36.0 m)	4	2	Prestreesed concrete box beam or girders - multiple	1960	-	40°8'32"N	74°52'22"W
Bristol Oxford Valley Road	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

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

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[MacReynolds-1] MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P324.

[2] "Domestic Names".

[3] ttp://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 115

[4] "TNM Download v2". viewer.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 6 July 2017.