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Licking Run (Beaver Run tributary)

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River in Pennsylvania, United States
Licking Run
image of a postcard depicting Licking Run Creek, Memorial Park, Quakertown, Pa.Licking Run Creek, Memorial Park, Quakertown, Pa. postcard
Pushpin map showing location of Licking RunPushpin map showing location of Licking RunLicking Run
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
Township, BoroughRichland, Quakertown
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°27′26″N 75°21′34″W / 40.45722°N 75.35944°W / 40.45722; -75.35944
 • elevation600 feet (180 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates40°26′25″N 75°19′24″W / 40.44028°N 75.32333°W / 40.44028; -75.32333
 • elevation490 feet (150 m)
Length3.36 miles (5.41 km)
Basin features
ProgressionLicking Run → Beaver Run → Tohickon Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
BridgesWest Pumping Station Road
Kelly Drive
Sunshine Drive
Golden Gate Drive
West Mill Street
North Main Street (California Road)
North 9th Street
North 4th Street
Pennsylvania Route 212 (North Hellertown Avenue)
North Ambler Street
North Penrose Street (foot bridge)
Erie Road

Licking Run is a tributary of Beaver Run in Richland Township and Quakertown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Course

Licking Run rises with two branches in Richland Township at an elevation of 600 feet (180 m), just east of Pennsylvania Route 309 (North West End Boulevard) which are south oriented for about a mile and join just west of Quakertown where the main branch turns east, picks up another branch from the left and continues through town. It passes along the south side of Memorial Park in Quakertown. At the east end of the Borough, it turns to the south where it meets its confluence with Beaver Run (at Beaver Run's 0.82 river mile) at an elevation of 490 feet (150 m), which results in an average slope of 32.74 feet per mile (5.55 meters per kilometer).

Geology

Beaver Run lies in the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic, consisting of mudstone, siltstone, and green, brown, and reddish-brown shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels.

Crossings and Bridges

  • West Pumping Station Road
  • Kelly Drive
  • Sunshine Drive
  • Golden Gate Drive
  • West Mill Street
  • North Main Street (California Road)
  • North 9th Street
  • North Main Street
  • Pennsylvania Route 212 (North Hellertown Avenue)
  • North Ambler Street
  • North Penrose Street (pedestrian bridge)
  • Erie Road

References

  1. Potser, Carolyn E.; Pilecki, John T.; Bosworth, Nancy Walp; Images of America, Quakertown, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2002, P78.
  2. "Borough of Quakertown Code Index". eCode360. Borough of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. "GNIS Feature Search". TNM download. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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