Pine Run (North Branch Neshaminy Creek tributary)

Pine Run
Pine Run
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	New Britain Buckingham Plumstead
Borough	Chalfont
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	40°21′53″N 75°6′0″W
• elevation	340 feet (100 m)
Mouth
• coordinates	40°17′20″N 75°12′12″W
• elevation	249 feet (76 m)
Length	7.84 miles (12.62 km)
Basin size	11.7 square miles (30 km^2)
Basin features
Progression	Pine Run → North Branch Neshaminy Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Landmarks	Pine Run Dam Allohaken Park North Branch Park Pine Valley Covered Bridge
Bridges	See table
Slope	11.61 feet per mile (2.199 m/km)

Pine Run is a tributary of the North Branch Neshaminy Creek, part of the Delaware River watershed. Pine Run flows entirely in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, rising in Plumstead Township, passing through Buckingham Township and New Britain Township, meeting its confluence with the North Branch in the Borough of Chalfont.

History

Pine Run powered two of the earliest mills in central Bucks County; Dyers Mill at Dyerstown and Butler Mill at Chalfont.[1]

Statistics

The watershed of Pine Run is 11.70 square miles (30.3 km^2), its confluence is at the North Branch Neshaminy Creek's 0.45 river mile. The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1183891,[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02790.[3]

Course

Rising from an unnamed pond near Landisville in Plumstead Township at an elevation of 340 feet (100 m), it flows to the southwest through Buckingham Township where it meets the Pine Run Dam and lake, then through New Britain Township, then finally into the Borough of Chalfont where it meets with the North Branch of the Neshaminy at an elevation of 249 feet (76 m). Pine Run has a total length of 7.84 miles (12.62 km) resulting in an average slope of 11.61 feet per mile (2.199 m/km).[4]

Geology

• Appalachian Highlands Division
  • Piedmont Province
    • Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
      • Stockton Formation
      • Lockatong Formation

Pine Run flows within the Stockton Formation, bedrock laid down during the Triassic, consisting of arkosic sandstone, sandstone, shale, siltstone, and mudstone. Then as it enters Chalfont, it enters the Lockatong Formation, also from the Triassic, consisting of argillite, black shale, limestone, and shale.[5]

Municipalities

• Bucks County
  • Borough of Chalfont
  • New Britain Township
  • Buckingham Township
  • Plumstead Township

Crossings and bridges

[6] [7]

Crossing	NBI Number	Length	Lanes	Spans	Material/Design	Built	Reconstructed	Latitude	Longitude
Bergstrom Road	48539	9.1 metres (30 ft)	2	3	concrete Culvert	1990	-	40°21'15"N	75°6'45"W
Burnt House Hill Road	7633	8 metres (26 ft)	2	1	Concrete Culvert	1984	-	40°9'30"N	75°7'42"W
Old Easton Road	7636	14 metres (46 ft)	2	1	Concrete Tee Beam	1928	-	40°20'32.9"N	75°7'32.6"W
Pennsylvania Route 611 (North Easton Road)	7097	13 metres (43 ft)	3	1	Concrete Tee Beam	1938	-	40°20'19.4"N	757'53.47"W
Pennsylvania Route 611 (Doylestown Bypass)	7069	14 metres (46 ft)	2	2	Concrete Culvert	1973	-	40°20'12"N	75°8'6"W
Pennsylvania Route 313 (Swamp Road)	6984	11.9 metres (39 ft)	-	-	Concrete Tee Beam, concrete cast-in-place decking	1941	-	40°20'3"N	75°8'23"W
Old Dublin Pike	7375	25 metres (82 ft)	2	3	Masonry Arch-deck	2013	-	40°19'52.7"N	75°8'43.97"W
Chapman Road	7597	13 metres (43 ft)	2	2	Wood or Timber Stringer/Multi-beam or Girder	1990	-	40°19'50.34"N	75°8'58.56"W
Rickert Road	7508	10 metres (33 ft)	2	1	Concrete continuous, Stringer/Multi-beam or Girder	1910	-	40°19'37.7"N	75°9'25.8"W
Limekiln Road	7506	32.3|m|ft	-	-	Prestressed concrete Tee Beam, concrete cast-in-place decking	1977	-	40°19'22"N	75°9'38"W
Pine Run Dam (Pine Run Reservoir)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Old Ironhill Road (Keeley Avenue)(Pine Valley Covered Bridge)	7499	22 metres (72 ft)	1	1	Steel Stringer/Mulit-beam or Girder	1906	1985	40°18'18.6"N	75°11'13.9"W

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• List of rivers of the United States
• List of Delaware River tributaries

References

1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P302.
2. "Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey". Usgs.gov. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
3. "Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams" (PDF). Lycoming.edu. p. 111. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
4. "Google Maps". Google.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
5. "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
6. "National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
7. "UglyBridges.com: National Bridge Inventory data". Archived from the original on 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2017-07-02.