Conewago Creek (east)

Coordinates: 40°10′46″N 76°37′05″W / 40.17933°N 76.61813°W / 40.17933; -76.61813
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For the Conewago Creek in Adams and York Counties, on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, see Conewago Creek (west).
Conewago Creek
Location
CountryLebanon, Dauphin and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, United States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania
 • elevation1,100 feet (340 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Susquehanna River at Falmouth, Pennsylvania
 • elevation
261 feet (80 m)
Length23.0 miles (37.0 km)
Basin size52.5 square miles (136 km2)

Conewago Creek is a 23.0-mile-long (37.0 km)

Conoy Township, Lancaster County.[2]

Name

The name of the creek comes from the

Lenape, meaning "at the rapids".[3] The rapids are the Conewago Falls in the Susquehanna River, which also give their name to the other Conewago Creek, whose mouth is on the west bank of the Susquehanna River in York County, only 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south of the mouth of this Conewago Creek.[4]

Course

Conewago Creek flows generally southwest its entire length. The source is in Lebanon County in

South Annville Township is also in the watershed.[5]

As Conewago Creek leaves Lebanon County, it forms the border between Dauphin County (to the north) and Lancaster County (to the south). In Dauphin County, the creek runs by

Conoy Township.[7]

Watershed

The Conewago Creek watershed has a total area of 52.5 square miles (136 km2) and is part of the larger Chesapeake Bay drainage basin via the Susquehanna River. 53% of the watershed by area is given to agriculture. 15.8 miles (25.4 km) of Conewago Creek downstream of its confluence with Little Conewago Creek are impaired, that is they are "too polluted to sustain the kind of fish and other aquatic life that it could sustain if it were a healthy stream." Sections of four other tributaries, including Lynch Run, Hoffer Creek, and two unnamed tributaries, are also impaired. Agricultural surface runoff and sediment are the major pollutants.[8]

Tributaries

  • Little Conewago Creek
  • Hoffer Creek
  • Brills Run
  • Lynch Run

Recreation

Edward Gertler writes that Conewago Creek is "a fascinating little creek that is alternately either very easy or very exciting". Canoeing and kayaking on Conewago Creek are possible when the water is high enough (in spring and after hard rain), with 11.6 miles (18.7 km) of Class 1 to 3 whitewater located upstream of the mouth.[9]

Several

Horse Shoe Trail.[8]

Public

trapping, and fishing are available on the 2,793 acres (1,130 ha) of Pennsylvania State Game Lands No. 145 in Lebanon County.[10] Conewago Creek between Dauphin and Lancaster counties has been designated as approved trout waters by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This means the waters will be stocked with trout and may be fished during trout season.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011
  2. ^ Shaw, Lewis C. Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Part II (Water Resources Bulletin No. 16). Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (1st ed.). Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources (no ISBN).
  3. ^ "Indian Names Data Chart" (PDF). Susquehanna River Basin Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-21. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
  4. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Bureau of Watershed Management, Division of Water Use Planning (2001). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF). Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-09-10.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division. "2005 General Highway Map of Lebanon County (Note: shows Conewago Creek and almost all streams feeding it)" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-09-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division. "2005 General Highway Map of Dauphin County" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-09-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division. "2005 General Highway Map of Lancaster County" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-09-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b "The Conewago Creek Watershed". Tri-County Conewago Creek Association, P.O. Box 107, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. Archived from the original on 2004-08-06. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
  9. ISBN 0-9605908-2-X
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  10. ^ "HuntingPA.com Game Lands: Pennsylvania State Game Lands, their general location and acreage". Archived from the original (Searchable Database) on 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
  11. ^ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. "Map of Lancaster County Fishing and Boating Opportunities". Archived from the original on 2003-09-30. Retrieved 2006-09-10.

40°10′46″N 76°37′05″W / 40.17933°N 76.61813°W / 40.17933; -76.61813

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