Antietam Creek is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km)[6] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It rises just south of Alsace Manor in Alsace Township. There are several non-named tributaries to the creek. It empties into the Schuylkill just south of Reading.
Antietam Creek Tributary to Schuylkill River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Berks |
City | Reading |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Little Manatawny Creek divide |
• location | pond about 0.25 miles south of Alsace Manor, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°23′27″N 075°51′15″W[1] |
• elevation | 785 ft (239 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | Southeastern Reading, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°16′58″N 075°50′51″W[1] |
• elevation | 157 ft (48 m)[3] |
Length | 10.01 mi (16.11 km)[4] |
Basin size | 17.57 square miles (45.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Schuylkill River |
• average | 27.54 cu ft/s (0.780 m3/s) at mouth with Schuylkill River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Delaware River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | Antietam Reservoir |
Bridges | Mexico Road, Antietam Road, Seider Road, Angora Road, Antietam Road (x2), Heidelberg Avenue, Butler Lane, St. Lawrence Avenue, Oley Turnpike Road, Parkview Road, Gibralter Road, US 422 |
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