Deep Run is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
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 ...
in
Bedminster Township,
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 ...
,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
in the
United States
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.
[MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P402.]
Statistics
Wolf Run lies entirely within Bedminster Township. Its GNIS identification number is 1191669, its Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03141. Its length is , its
watershed is , rising at an elevation of . It reaches its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 7.90
river mile
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, at an elevation of , only about downstream of where Mink Run and Deer Run reach the Tohickon. The average slope is
Course
Wolf Run rises in Bedminster Township north of
Pennsylvania Route 113
Pennsylvania Route 113 (PA 113) is a state route in eastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 30 Business (US 30 Bus.) in Downingtown. Its northern terminus is at PA 611 in Tinicum Township. The route is signe ...
(Bedminster Road) near the village of Bedminster and is northeast oriented in a relatively straight course to the Tohickon Creek.
Geology
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Appalachian Highlands Division
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Piedmont Province
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Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
****Brunswick Formation
Wolf Run lies within the Brunswick Formation in the Newark Basin laid down during the
Jurassic
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and the
Triassic
The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
. Rocks includes
mudstone,
siltstone, and reddish-brown, green, and brown
shale.
Mineralogy includes red and dark-gray
argillite
:''"Argillite" may also refer to Argillite, Kentucky.''
Argillite () is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts ...
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 ...
.
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Crossings and Bridges
*Rolling Hills Road
*Haas Court
*Creamery Road
See also
*
List of rivers of the United States
The following list is a list of rivers of the United States.
Alphabetical listing
''Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:''
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - ...
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List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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List of Delaware River tributaries
The watershed of the Delaware River drains an area of and encompasses 42 counties and 838 municipalities in five U.S. states—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.Philadelphia Water Department"Moving from Assessment to Pro ...
References
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Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Tohickon Creek