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Spring Creek (White Deer Hole Creek tributary)

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270: 29: 408:, and beyond. In 1787, two of the fourteen families of White settlers in the White Deer Hole Valley were located on Spring Creek. Jesse Weeks inhabited a cabin on the northern side of the creek, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream of its mouth. An Englishman named Daniel Sunderland occupied a cabin 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream from Weeks. 297:
before turning east-northeast. After a few tenths of a mile, it receives an unnamed tributary from the left and heads in a mostly south-southeasterly direction for a few miles, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the
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or girders bridge carrying State Route 2001 across Spring Creek was constructed in 1959 and repaired in 2011. This bridge is 26.9 feet (8.2 m) long and is also 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Elimsport.
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over the creek was built in 2007 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Spring Garden and is 94.2 feet (28.7 m) long. A two-span concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying
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The drainage basin of Spring Creek is designated as a Trout Stocked Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. The creek has been described as providing "excellent" opportunities for angling.
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Isaac Hains built the fifth mill in Washington Township, Lycoming County on Spring Creek. The Spring Creek church was established on Mill Road near Spring Creek on January 7, 1877.
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was constructed on it in 1842. A number of bridges have been constructed over the creek. Its drainage basin is designated as a Trout Stocked Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.
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of Williamsport. The stream also passes through the quadrangle of Montoursville South. Its mouth is located within 1 mile (1.6 km) of Spring Garden.
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bridge carrying T-528 over Spring Creek was built in Gregg Township, Union County in 1919 and is 44.0 feet (13.4 m) long. A prestessed
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over the creek was built in 1915 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Elimsport and is 42.0 feet (12.8 m) long. A prestresed
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Historically, an Indian path followed Spring Creek from its mouth to its source and then over Bald Eagle Mountain, to
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CLOSED CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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of Spring Creek has an area of 21.1 square miles (55 km). The mouth of the stream is in the
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Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2006 Pennsylvania, Lower West Branch Susquehanna Watershed
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Spring Creek joins White Deer Hole Creek 3.59 miles (5.78 km) upstream of its mouth.
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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1188221.
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White Deer Hole Creek in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania near Spring Garden
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Spring Creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The creek's watershed is a
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base of North White Deer Ridge in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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Lycoming County's Implementation Plan For the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
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Spring Creek begins on the base of North White Deer Ridge in
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quadrangle of Allenwood. However, its source is in the
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Spring Creek at the Lycoming County/Union County line
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Mouth
41°06′45″N 76°56′03″W / 41.11256°N 76.93412°W / 41.11256; -76.93412
West Branch Susquehanna River
Susquehanna River
Chesapeake Bay
tributary
White Deer Hole Creek
Lycoming County
Union County
Pennsylvania
Washington Township
Lycoming County
Gregg Township
Union County
mill

Washington Township
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania Route 554
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Washington Township
Lycoming County
Gregg Township
Union County
Pennsylvania Route 44
White Deer Hole Creek

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