Pidcock Creek Explained

Pidcock Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rising in Buckingham Township, it flows into the Delaware in Solebury Township after a short side trip within Upper Makefield Township.

History

Pidcock Creek was named for John Pidcock, early settler, occupying in 1698, and purchasing on 31 May 1701 from Gilbert Wheeler, the tract later known as the Thompson-Neely tract. The tract also included an old Lenape village called Win-na-haw-caw-chunk in the Wheeler and Pidcock deeds.^[1]

Statistics

Pidcock Creek was added to the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1183702.^[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 03002. It has a drainage basin of 12.7sqmi.^[3]

Course

Pidcock Creek rises in Buckingham Township from an unnamed pond and quickly receives two tributaries, one from the left and one from the right. Flowing into Solebury Township, it eventually turn to the southeast where it receives Curls Run from the right. Then it makes a short jaunt into Upper Makefield Township where it picks up another tributary from the right and returns to Solebury after which it turn eastward, then makes an "S" bend where it receives another tributary from the right then it meets its confluence at the Delaware's 146.30 river mile.

Tributaries

• Curls Run

Municipalities

• Bucks County
  • Solebury Township
  • Upper Makefield Township
  • Buckingham Township

Crossings and bridges

• Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
• Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road) - NBI structure number 6791, bridge is 48m (157feet) long, 2 lane, 2 spans, masonry arch-deck, built 1935.^[4]
• Bowmans Hill Tower Road
• Covered Bridge Road (Van Sant Covered Bridge) - NBI structure number 7536, bridge is 26m (85feet) long, single lane, single lane, wood or timber truss - thru, reconstructed 2008.^[4] Van Sant Covered Bridge is number 80003438 on the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]
• Pennsylvania Route 232 (Windy Bush Road) - NBI structure number 6958, bridge is 15m (49feet) long, 2 lane, single span, concrete tee beam, built 1930, reconstructed 2011.^[4]
• Atkinson Road (Creek Road) - NBI structure number 7525, bridge is 15m (49feet) long, single lane, 3 spans, masonry arch-deck, reconstructed 2006.^[4]
• Pidcock Creek Road
• Street Road - NBI structure number 7542, bridge is 8m (26feet) long, 2 lane, single span, steel stringer/multi-beam or girder, steel deck, built 1954, reconstructed 2013.^[4]
• Pineville Road - NBI structure number 47909, bridge is 46.9feet long, concrete tee-beam, concrete cast-in-place deck, built 1954, reconstructed 2013.^[6]
• Holicong Road

See also

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

Notes and References

1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, p. 301
2. Web site: Pidcock Creek Summary Report. Geographic Names Information System. February 1, 2022.
3. Web site: Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams. Lycoming.edu. 2 February 2022. 110.
4. Web site: National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012 . August 10, 2017 . October 31, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131031210639/http://nationalbridges.com/ . dead .
5. Web site: NPGallery Asset Detail. Npgallery.nps.gov. February 1, 2022.
6. Web site: UglyBridges.com: National Bridge Inventory data . February 15, 2022 . February 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213205908/http://uglybridges.com/ . dead .