Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania)

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Jordan Creek
Hollenbach in Pennsylvania_German_language
Jordan Creek Allentown.jpg
Jordan Creek in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLehigh
CityAllentown, Pennsylvania
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHeidelberg Township, Lehigh County
 • coordinates40°44′01″N 75°44′08″W / 40.73361°N 75.73556°W / 40.73361; -75.73556[1]
MouthLittle Lehigh Creek
 • location
Allentown, Lehigh County
 • coordinates
40°36′04″N 75°27′41″W / 40.60111°N 75.46139°W / 40.60111; -75.46139Coordinates: 40°36′04″N 75°27′41″W / 40.60111°N 75.46139°W / 40.60111; -75.46139[1]
Length34.1 mi (54.9 km)[2]
Basin size75.8 sq mi (196 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationAllentown[3]
 • average157 cu ft/s (4.4 m3/s)[3]
 • minimum8.7 cu ft/s (0.25 m3/s)
 • maximum1,390 cu ft/s (39 m3/s)

Jordan Creek, also known as Hollenbach in Deitsch, is a 34.1-mile-long (54.9 km)[2] tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[4]

Jordan Creek arises from a natural spring on blue mountain. The spring is located just downhill from the Bake Oven Knob shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Lehigh County. The water course then intermittently flows downhill past Mountain Road. Carrying further south through Heidelberg Township, the creek then passes through the Trexler Nature Preserve.

Jordan Creek joins Little Lehigh Creek in the city of Allentown, before soon flowing into the Lehigh River.[4] It drains an area of 75.8 square miles (196 km2).[3]

Tributaries[]

    • Schantz Valley Creek
  • Elk Ridge Run
  • Macintosh Run
  • Thicket Run
  • Haasadahl Creek

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Jordan Creek". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from The National Map the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01452000 Jordan Creek at Allentown, PA". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6

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