Robin Run

Robin Run
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Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Wrightstown, Buckingham
Physical characteristics
Main source 320 feet (98 m)
40°17′36″N 75°4′8″W / 40.29333°N 75.06889°W / 40.29333; -75.06889
River mouth 161 feet (49 m)
40°16′18″N 75°1′34″W / 40.27167°N 75.02611°W / 40.27167; -75.02611
Length 2.01 miles (3.23 km)
Basin features
Progression Robin Run → Mill Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system Delaware River
Basin size 2.27 square miles (5.9 km2)
Waterbodies Robin Run Lake
Slope 76.1 feet per mile (14.41 m/km)


Robin Run is a tributary of Mill Creek (Neshaminy Creek, Delaware River, Wrightstown Township),[1] rising in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania flows generally southeast to its confluence with Mill Creek in Wrightstown Township. The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1185219,[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02598.[3]

Course

Robin Run rises a short distance northwest of Lower Mountain Road in Buckingham Township, flowing southeast flowing through a small unnamed pond then through Robin Run Lake, a dammed reservoir, then passing into Wrightstown Township, meets its confluence at Mill Creek's 1.55 river mile. There are no significant tributaries.

Geology

[4]

Robin Run begins in the Lockatong Formation, a sedimentary rock layer deposited during the Triassic. Mineralogy includes argillite, some shale, limestone, and calcareous shale.

It very quickly finds itself in the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary rock layer deposited during the Jurassic and Triassic. Mineralogy includes shale, mudstone, siltstone, argillite, some hornfel.

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

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CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Smith Road (local road 373)752423 feet (7.0 m)--Continuous concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder, bituminous surface1927-40°16'36"N75°1'58"W
Creamery Road---------
Lower Mountain Road---------

See also

References

  1. ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
  2. ↑ http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1185219
  3. ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf
  4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. ↑ www.uglybridges.com/, retrieved June, 2017
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