Spring Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

Spring Creek
Spring Creek
Location
Country	Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
• elevation	295 feet (90 m)
Mouth
• location	Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Length	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Basin size	11.6 square miles (30 km2)

Spring Creek^[1] is a 6.0-mile-long (9.7 km)^[2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Spring Creek rises in Lower Paxton Township, flowing through adjacent areas such as Paxtang, Oakleigh, Progress, Lawnton, and Colonial Park. The stream flows in a westerly direction, eventually joining the Susquehanna River in southern Harrisburg. The tributary enters Spring Creek at Progress.^[3]

Spring Creek parallels the 2-mile stretch of the Cameron Parkway section of the Capital Area Greenbelt in South Harrisburg.^[4] Spring Creek joins the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, just near the confluence of the Paxton Creek. The historical Rutherford Springhouse was built over a Paxtang portion of the creek in the 1740s to protect the water from poisoning by the Native Susquehannock Indians. Notably, Paxtang Park was located along the creek's banks.

Tributaries[]

Parkway Creek^[5]

References[]

^ "GNIS Detail - Spring Creek". Geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
^ "GINS Detail - Slotznick Run". Geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ Lacasse, Norman (1902-02-18). "Capitol Area Greenbelt - History". Caga.org. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^ "Microsoft Word - FIS Cover MV-CW_Dauphin_vOLUME3.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-08.