Mill Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary, Wrightstown Township)


Mill Creek is a tributary of Neshaminy Creek, one of three tributaries of the Neshaminy which all share the same name, and one of six in Bucks County, Pennsylvania which share the name.
The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1181118, U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02596.

Course

Mill Creek begins with the confluence of Watson Creek and Lahaska Creek in the central portion of Buckingham Township a short distance south-southeast of the village of Buckingham, flows generally southeast for almost to the southwest of Buckingham Mountain where it turns to the east. At the confluence with an unnamed tributary from the left, Mill Creek turns southward for a little more than. Meeting with another unnamed tributary from the left, it now flows southwestward about another until Robin Run joins at Mill Creek's 4.39 river mile from the right where it runs south-southwest for to its confluence at Neshaminy Creek's 23.65 river mile just south of Rushland.

Geology

At Mill Creek's headwaters, at the confluence of Lahaska Creek and Watson Creek, is the Allentown Formation, a sedimentary layer of rock deposited during the Cambrian. Mineralogy includes dolomite, limestone, chert, siltstone, oolite, stromatolites, and sharpstone conglomerate.
After a very short distance, it flows into the Leithsville Formation, a sedimentary layer also deposited during the Cambrian. Mineralogy includes dolomite, some containing sand or shale, calcareous shale, and chert.
It then flows into the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary layer laid down during the Jurassic and Triassic. Mineralogy includes shale, mudstone, siltstone, green and brown shale.
Shortly before it reaches the Neshaminy, it flows into the Lockatong Formation, another formation of sedimentary rock. Mineralogy includes a dark-gray to black argillite, some zones of black shale, and some limestone and calcareous shale.

Named Tributaries

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Swamp Road4082021Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder2000-40°15'34.1"N75°1'33.3"W
Forest Grove Road7346-6masonry arch-deck1905-40°16'54"N75°1'18"W
Smith Road 7523-6Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck2000-40°17'11"N75°1'32"W
New Hope Road70815--Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck1983-40°17'21"N75°2'4"W
Lower Mountain Road7532--Prestressed concrete box beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck1982-40°18'5"N75°2'56"W
Upper Mountain Road7533--Prestressed concrete box beam or girder1995-40°18'33"N75°3'7"W