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Scotts Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River contained wholly within Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and drains at the Delaware's 124.10 river mile.

Scotts Creek Sepaessing Kijl
Scotts Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Falls
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	40°9′27″N 74°47′8″W
• elevation	10 feet (3.0 m)
Mouth
• coordinates	40°7′41″N 74°46′33″W
• elevation	7 metres (23 ft)
Length	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Basin features
Progression	Scotts Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Landmarks	Pennsbury Manor
Waterbodies	Van Sciver Lake Manor Lake
Bridges	Tyburn Road Bordentown Road Pennsbury Memorial Road

History

On a map by Lindeström in 1654-1656, Scotts Creek was known as Sepaessing Kijl. Sepaessing was a Native American word meaning 'plum tree' and the term Kijl was a Swedish term meaning river or creek. Because of the excavations of the Warner Company, Scotts Creek retains little of its original characteristics. Most of it is contained within Manor Lake and Van Sciver Lake.[1][2][3]

Statistics

Scotts Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1187173,[4] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02926.[5]

Course

The current source of Scotts Creek is Van Sciver Lake, flowing south through Manor Lake on to the Delaware River's 124.10 river mile.

Municipalities

• Falls Township

Crossings and Bridges

• Pennsbury Memorial Road
• Bordentown Road
• Tyburn Road

See also

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

References

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