Spring Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

Spring Creek
Country Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
295 feet (90 m)
River mouth Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Length 6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Basin features
Basin size 11.6 square miles (30 km2)

Spring Creek[1] is a 6.0-mile-long (9.7 km)[2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Spring Creek rises in Lower Paxton Township, flowing through adjacent areas such as Paxtang, Oakleigh, Progress, Lawnton, and Colonial Park. The stream flows in a westerly direction eventually joining the Susquehanna River in southern Harrisburg. The tributary Slotznick Run enters Spring Creek at Progress.[3]

Spring Creek parallels the 2-mile stretch of the Cameron Parkway section of the Capital Area Greenbelt in South Harrisburg.[4] Spring Creek joins the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, just near the confluence of the Paxton Creek.

Tributaries

  • Parkway Creek[5]
  • Slotznick Run

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GNIS Detail - Spring Creek". Geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
  3. ↑ "GINS Detail - Slotznick Run". Geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  4. ↑ Lacasse, Norman (1902-02-18). "Capitol Area Greenbelt - History". Caga.org. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft Word - FIS Cover MV-CW_Dauphin_vOLUME3.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-08.

Coordinates: 40°14′26″N 76°51′36″W / 40.24056°N 76.86000°W / 40.24056; -76.86000


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