Mink Run (Tohickon Creek tributary) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mink Run
Mink Run
Other name(s)	Rabbit Run
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Bedminster
Physical characteristics
Main source	397 feet (121 m) 40°27′0″N 75°11′52″W / 40.45000°N 75.19778°W / 40.45000; -75.19778
River mouth	282 feet (86 m) 40°26′35″N 75°9′46″W / 40.44306°N 75.16278°W / 40.44306; -75.16278
Length	2.05 miles (3.30 km)
Basin features
Progression	Mink Run → Tohickon Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Basin size	2.10 square miles (5.4 km2)
Bridges	Sweetbriar Road Fretz ValleyRoad Deer Run Road Farm School Road
Slope	56.1 feet per mile (10.63 m/km)

Mink Run (Rabbit Run) is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Statistics

Mink Run rises just east of Fairview Road in Bedminster Township and is part of the Delaware River watershed. Its GNIS identification number is 1181342 and was entered into the GNIS system on 2 August 1797, its Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03145, has a watershed of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 8.01 river mile.

Course

Mink Run begins about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of Lake Nockamixon at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m) and runs about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) where it turns south-southeast and picks up two tributaries, one on either side, after flowing another 0.5 miles (0.80 km) mile it shares its mouth with Deer Run at an elevation of 282 feet (86 m). Its average slope is 56.1 feet per mile (10.63 m/km) Wolf Run meets the Tohickon only a couple hundred feet downstream of Mink Run's confluence.

Geology

• Appalachian Highlands Division
  • Piedmont Province
    • Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
      • Brunswick Formation

Wolf Run lies within the Brunswick Formation in the Newark Basin laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic. Rocks includes mudstone, siltstone, and reddish-brown, green, and brown shale. Mineralogy includes red and dark-gray argillite and hornfels.

Crossings and Bridges

• Farm School Road
• Deer Run Road
• Fretz Valley Road
• Sweetbriar Road