Cabin Run is a tributary of the

Tohickon Creek Tohickon Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River. Located entirely in Bucks County, in southeastern Pennsylvania, it r ...

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, rising in the southwestern portion of Bedminster Township to its confluence with the

in northeastern Plumstead Township.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P62. Its course is approximately

History

Cabin Run was so named for the log cabins and stone homes that were built here in the 1700s, and appeared on maps as early as 1770. At one time the Leatherman grist, saw, and cider mill, and the Loux grist and saw mill were operated along the stream.

Cabin Run Covered Bridge The Cabin Run Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located in Point Pleasant, Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1871, and is wide and has a length of . The Town truss bridge crosses Cabin Run (creek) ...

and Loux Covered Bridge were added to the

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on 1 December 1980. ''Note:'' This includes

Statistics

The GNIS I.D. number of Cabin Run is 1170857, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Code Number is 03116. Cabin Run's watershed is , and it meets at its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 4.50

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, its average slope is .

Course

Cabin Run rises from an unnamed pond to the west of the intersection of Kellers Church Road and Scott Road in Bedminster Township, approximately northwest of the village of Plumsteadville and southwest of Pipersville. The creek flows generally northeast and includes four unnamed tributaries. Cabin Run meets the Tohickon approximately to the northeast from the Cabin Run covered bridge.

Geology

* Appalachian Highlands Division ** Piedmont Province *** Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section ****Brunswick Formation Cabin Run lies within a narrow strip of the Brunswick Formation amongst a region of the

Lockatong Formation The Triassic Lockatong Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It is named after the Lockatong Creek in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Description The Lockatong is defined as a light to dark gray, greenish-gr ...

. The Brunswick Formation consists of shale, mudstone, siltstone, green and brown shale. Mineralogy includes

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and

hornfels Hornfels is the group name for a set of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and hardened by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and have been rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable. These pro ...

Crossings and Bridges

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