Manada Creek
| Manada Creek | |
|---|---|
Fort Indiantown Gap | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Fort Indiantown Gap |
| • location | East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| • coordinates | 40°26′29″N 76°38′41″W / 40.44139°N 76.64472°W |
• coordinates | 40°18′16″N 76°40′08″W / 40.30444°N 76.66889°W |
• elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| Length | 17.0 mi (27.4 km) |
| Basin size | 32.2 sq mi (83 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Manada Gap, Pennsylvania |
| • average | 23 cu ft/s (0.65 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 8 cu ft/s (0.23 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 987 cu ft/s (27.9 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Walnut Run |
Manada CreekLenape word "menatey", meaning "island".[5]
Course
The creek is born in
Sand Beach
.
The tributary Walnut Run joins Manada Creek in East Hanover Township.
Variant names
The stream was known originally as Monody Creek.[6][7][8] Several variant names not included by the Geographic Names Information System, but have been recorded through various sources:
See also
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- Fort Manada
- Manada Furnace
- Manada Gap, Pennsylvania
- Manada Hill, Pennsylvania
References
- ^ Topographical Map
- ^ Feature Detail Report for: Manada Creek
- ^ Manada Creek Watershed
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed January 17, 2019
- ^ The History of Dauphin County
- ^ ISBN 9781789123050. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ Native American Placenames of the United States Bright, William. University of Oklahoma Press, 2004
- ^ Indian Placenames in America, Volume 1 Nestor, Sandy. McFarland, 2015
External links
- Manada Conservancy
- Community Organizations
- U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gauging stations
- USGS 01573482 Water Data - Manada Creek at Manada Gap, PA
- Indian Names data chart
- "Chapter 4"
