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Churchville reservoir is an man-made freshwater reservoir located in
Bucks County Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the English ...
, PA. It was created by damming the Mill Creek in 1942 to act as a reserve of municipal water. The reservoir is currently owned by the Aqua Pennsylvania and acts as a reserve of water. Fishing is banned in the reservoir. The
Churchville Nature Center Churchville Nature Center is a facility of the Bucks County, Pennsylvania Department of Parks and Recreation and is located in Churchville, Pennsylvania. The center focuses on environmental education, public outreach and the preservation of native ...
is located adjacent to the reservoir on Churchville Lane. The reservoir spans 180 acres, and along with the township and nature center, the total area reaches 670 acres. Elm Avenue and Churchville Lane cross over the reservoir.


History

The reservoir was created in 1942 by the Springfield water company to act as a reserve of water . In times of low water it could be emptied through Iron Works Creek and from there into Mill Creek, which eventually empties into the
Neshaminy Creek Neshaminy Creek is a United States Geological Survey. National Hydrography DatasetThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 stream that runs entirely through Bucks County, Pennsylvania, rising south of the borough of Chalfont, where its north a ...
. Once the water reaches the Neshaminy, it can be withdrawn through the pumping station at Neshaminy Falls. When the reservoir was created it was surrounded by a rural land and few houses. By the late 1950s land development had expanded and new residents began to move to the Churchville area. The Department of Parks had also been created to provide land for use of both humans and wildlife. The Churchville Nature center was one of the first locations selected due to its diversity of habitat including a woodlot, open field, meadow-land, and the reservoir.


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{{Reflist Artificial lakes of the United States