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Deep Creek begins in a pond in Lykens
Township. It flows north for several tenths of a mile, passing through three more ponds, before turning west-northwest. After several tenths of a mile, the creek turns west-southwest for several tenths of a mile before receiving an unnamed tributary from the
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over Deep Creek was constructed 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Pillow in 1985 and is 24.0 feet (7.3 m) long. In 2013, it was proposed that the $ 610,432 Growing
Greener County Environmental Initiative Program be redesignated to several projects, including the protection and repair of
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in the upper reaches of the watershed of Deep Creek is agricultural land. However, there are blocks of various other land uses in this area as well. In the lower reaches, forested land dominates, except for an area in the vicinity of the creek's mouth.
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of the creek splits off from the left bank to the north and the creek itself turns north-northeast. A few tenths of a mile further downstream, it reaches its confluence with
Mahantango Creek.
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concentrations. Major land uses in the creek's watershed include agricultural land and forested land. The creek's watershed is classified as a
Warmwater Fishery.
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in a northwesterly direction, receiving three unnamed tributaries from the left and one from the right. The creek then flows north-northwest through a
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and heading in a westerly direction for several tenths of a mile. In this reach, it receives one unnamed tributary from the right and one from the
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on its course. This makes the creek's watershed one of the few areas where the watershed of
Mahantango Creek extend south of Mahantango Mountain.
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Mahantango Creek has greater buffering. In 2008, a site on the creek near Luxembourg Road was classified as being in "poor" health.
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Deep Creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody as of 2004. However, the
Dauphin County conservation District has observed that
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samples from the creek encountered eleven types per sample, but only four that were pollution-sensitive.
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of Deep Creek has an area of 10.6 square miles (27 km). The mouth of the creek is in the
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Deep Creek is one of the main tributaries of
Mahantango Creek in Dauphin County, along with
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concentrations in the creek are among the highest in
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Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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DAUPHIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LEGISLATIVE MEETING
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Mahantango Creek in Pillow, Duaphin County, Pennsylvania
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383:A concrete frame bridge carrying
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464:United States Geological Survey
332:United States Geological Survey
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439:List of rivers of Pennsylvania
385:State Route 1009/N. Cross Road
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433:Snow Creek (Mahantango Creek)
34:Physical characteristics
628:Luther Reily Kelker (1907),
225:Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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421:Hilsenhoff Biotic Index
299:The elevation near the
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744:Rivers of Pennsylvania
16:For other places, see
706:Pennsylvania Bulletin
322:Watershed and biology
295:Geography and geology
18:Deep (disambiguation)
604:7.1 MAHANTANGO CREEK
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160:Basin features
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165:Progression
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728:Categories
445:References
394:stormwater
355:Pine Creek
336:quadrangle
213:Deep Creek
152:Basin size
109:76°47′41″W
106:40°38′27″N
29:Deep Creek
417:main stem
345:The main
328:watershed
305:sea level
279:Hydrology
262:water gap
217:tributary
427:See also
378:saw mill
347:land use
289:sediment
258:meanders
713:June 4,
686:June 4,
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511:June 4,
480:June 3,
400:Biology
361:History
285:nitrate
237:nitrate
376:and a
340:Pillow
309:source
243:Course
233:Pillow
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144:Length
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301:mouth
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76:Mouth
23:River
715:2016
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662:2016
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513:2016
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326:The
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