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Exceptional and High Quality Streams in the Delaware River Watershed (Pennsylvania) Exceptional and High Quality Streams in the Delaware River Watershed (Pennsylvania) BERKS COUNTY Stream Zone Beaver Run Basin Furnace Creek Basin, Source to RM 3.0 Furnace Creek Basin, Source to Water Authority Dam Hay Creek Basin, Source to Unnamed Tributary (UNT) 63882 at River Mile 8.1 Hay Creek Basin, Beaver Run to Birdsboro Boundary Moselem Creek Basin Northkill Creek Basin, Source to I-78 Bridge Perkiomen Creek Basin, Source to SR 1010 Bridge at Hereford Perkiomen Creek Basin, Source to SR 1010 Bridge at Hereford Peters Creek Basin Pine Creek Basin, Source to Farthest Downstream Crossing of T 803 Sacony Creek Basin, Source to SR 1029 Bridge in Rockland Township Sixpenny Creek Basin, Source to Unnamed Tributary at RM 1.28 Swamp Creek Basin, Source to Dam in Bechtelsville (RM 15.5) Swamp Creek Basin, Source to Dam in Bechtelsville (RM 15.5) Unnamed Tributary to Sixpenny Creek at Basin RM 1.28 West Branch Perkiomen Creek Basin, SR 1022 Bridge to SR 2069 Bridge (RM 8.0) West Branch Perkiomen Creek Basin, SR 1022 Bridge to SR 2069 Bridge (RM 8.0) Wyomissing Creek Basin, Source to Inlet of Pond at Reading Public Museum BUCKS COUNTY Stream Zone Aquetong Creek Basin Cooks Creek Basin Cuttalossa Creek Basin Paunnacussing Creek Basin Tinicum Creek Basin Page 1 of 7 CARBON COUNTY Stream Zone Aquashicola Creek Basin, Source to Buckwa Creek Bear Creek Basin Bear Creek Basin Black Creek Basin Broad Run Basin Brushy Hollow Run Basin Buck Mountain Creek Maintstem Deep Run Basin Dennison Run Basin Drakes Creek Basin Grassy Meadow Run Basin Hazle Creek Basin Indian Run Basin Jeans Run Basin Koons Creek Basin Lehigh River Source to Buck Mountain Creek Maple Hollow Basin Mauch Chunk Creek Basin, Source to SR 902 Bridge Nesquehoning Creek Basin, Source to Tibbetts Pond Dam Penn Springs Basin Quakake Creek Source to Wetzel Robertson Run Basin Shafer Run Basin Shingle Mill Run Basin Stony Creek Basin Tobyhanna Creek Maintstem Tunkhannock Creek Basin Unnamed Tributaries to Buck Mountain Basin Creek Unnamed Tributaries to Lehigh River Buck Mountain Creek ot PA 903 Bridge Unnamed Tributaries to Nesquehoning Lake Greenwood to Mouth Creek Unnamed Tributaries to Tobyhanna Creek Basin UNT 03876 at RM 7.90 Basin UNT 04106 (locally First Hollow Run) Basin UNTs to Black Creek Basins, Confluence of Hazle Creek and Beaver Creek to Mouth Wild Creek Basin Page 2 of 7 DELAWARE COUNTY Stream Zone Ridley Creek Basin, Source to Media Water Intake Rocky Run Basin LEHIGH COUNTY Stream Zone Hassen Creek Basin Little Lehigh Creek Basin Lyon Creek Basin Switzer Creek Basin Unnamed Tributaries to Jordan Creek Basins LUZERNE COUNTY Stream Zone Lehigh River Source to Buck Mountain Creek MONROE COUNTY Stream Zone Brodhead Creek Maintstem Buck Hill Creek Basin Bush Kill Basin Cherry Creek Source to LR 45010 (SR 2006) Bridge Cross Keys Run Basin Davey Run Basin Deep Run Basin Devils Hole Creek Basin Dry Sawmill Run Basin East Branch Dresser Run Basin Frame Cabin Run Basin Goose Pond Run Basin Griscom Creek Basin Hummler Run Basin Jim Smith Run Basin Kistler Run Basin Leas Run Basin Page 3 of 7 Lehigh River Source to Buck Mountain Creek Lucky Run Basin McMichael Creek Basin Michael Creek Basin Middle Branch Brodhead Creek Basin Middle Creek Basin, T-444 Bridge to Mouth Mill Creek Basin Paradise Creek Basin Pine Mountain Run Basin Pocono Creek Basin Pohopoco Creek Main Stem, SR 3016 Bridge to SR 0209 Bridge at Kresgeville Pole Bridge Run Basin Pollys Run Basin Poplar Run Basin Rattlesnake Basin Red Run Basin Sand Hill Creek Basin Sand Spring Run Basin Singer Run Basin Spruce Cabin Run Basin Stony Run Basin Stony Run Basin Tobyhanna Creek Maintstem Tunkhannock Creek Basin Twomile Run Basin Unnamed Tributaries to Bush Kill Basins, Saw Creek to Mouth Unnamed Tributaries to Tobyhanna Creek Basin UNTs to Brodhead Creek Basins UNTs to Delaware River Basins, Tocks Island to Brodhead Creek Upper Tunkhannock Creek Basin Wagner Run Basin Wolf Swamp Basin Wolfs Spring Run Basin MONTGOMERY COUNTY Stream Zone Unami Creek Basin Valley Creek Basin Page 4 of 7 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY Stream Zone Bushkill Creek Main Stem Frya Run Basin Little Bush Kill Basin Monocacy Creek Basin Nancy Run Basin, SR 3007 Bridge to Mouth Saucon Creek Main Stem, Black River to SR 412 Bridge Slateford Creek Source to T 735 Bridge Unnamed Tributaries to Bushkill Creek Basins Waltz Creek Greenwalk Creek to Mouth PIKE COUNTY Stream Zone Adams Creek Basin Bush Kill Basin Conashaugh Creek Basin Crawford Branch Basin Cummins Creek Basin Deep Brook Basin Dingman’s Creek Basin Dry Brook Basin Hornbecks Creek Basin Masthope Creek Basin Panther Creek Basin Pond Eddy Creek Basin Raymond Kill Basin Rosetown Creek Basin Saw Creek Basin Saw Kill Creek Basin Shohola Creek Basin Toms Creek Basin Twin Lakes Creek Basin Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware River Basins, Lackawaxen River to Tocks Island Vandermark Creek Basin Vantine Brook Basin Wallenpaupack Creek Basin Page 5 of 7 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY Stream Zone Bear Creek Basin, Source to UNT 02300 at RM 7.6 Beaver Creek Basin, Source to Church Lane at RM 1.5 Cold Run Basin, Source to Beaver Creek Kaufman Run Basin, Source to Schuylkill County Municipal Dam Mud Run Basin, Source to Schuylkill County Municipal Dam Nesquehoning Creek Basin, Source to Tibbetts Pond Dam Owl Creek Basin Rattling Run Basin, Source to PA 61 Still Creek Basin, Source to Tamaqua Water Supply Dam Swartz Run Basin Tar Run Basin, Source to Schuylkill County Municipal Dam Tumbling Run Basin, Source to Tumbling Run Dam Unnamed Tributary 02206 to Little Basin Schuylkill River Unnamed Tributaries to Nesquehoning Lake Greenwood to Mouth Creek Wolf Creek Basin, Source to Schuylkill County Municipal Dam WAYNE COUNTY Stream Zone Balls Creek Basin Beaver Dam Creek Basin Big Brook Basin Calkins Creek Basin Cooley Creek Basin Dyberry Creek Basin East Branch Dyberry Creek Basin Equinunk Creek Basin Factory Creek Basin Faulkner Brook Basin Hollister Creek Basin Mainstem, confluence of West Branch Lackawaxen River and Van Lackawaxen River Auken Creek to Mouth Little Equinunk Creek Basin Peggy Run Basin Schoolhouse Creek Basin Shehawken Creek Basin Sherman Creek Basins (all sections in PA), Source to Starboard Creek Shingle Hollow Basin Page 6 of 7 Stockport Creek Basin Basins, confluence of West Branch Lackawaxen River and Van Auken Tributaries to Lackawaxen River Creek to Dyberry Creek Tributaries to Lackawaxen River Basins, Dyberry Creek to Wallenpaupack Creek Tributaries to West Branch Lackawaxen Basins, Prompton Reservoir to Confluence with Lackawaxen River and River Van Auken Creek Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware River Basins, Confluence of East and West Branches to PA 652 Bridge Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware River Basins, PA 652 Bridge to Lackawaxen River Unnamed Tributaries to West Branch Basins (all sections in PA), Source to PA-NY State Border Delaware River Van Auken Creek Basin Wallenpaupack Creek Basin West Branch Dyberry Creek Basin West Branch Lackawaxen River Basin Weston Brook Basin Page 7 of 7.
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