Brodhead Watershed Conservation Plan
Water Resources
A watershed ultimately connects the communities within it through their common dependence on water resources. Our flowing creeks and streams are perhaps the best barometer of how well we accept stewardship of the land on which we live. Watersheds are important in every community because they embody our sense of place in the landscape, and their waters are important in our daily life. Watersheds are the geographic addresses for our communities.
In addition to being an important source of recreation and wildlife habitat, the Brodhead watershed provides the drinking water supply for area residents and visitors. The boroughs of Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg and surrounding areas are served by public water systems which draw on the Brodhead and Sambo Creeks and nearby wells. The water resources of the Brodhead watershed include the Brodhead Creek and its tributaries, and the connected but unseen water in aquifers below the surface of the land.
Subwatersheds
The Brodhead watershed drains an area of about 285 square miles, almost half of Monroe County, emptying into the Delaware River just north of where the Delaware River flows through the dramatic cut in Kittatinny Mountain known as the Delaware Water Gap. The Brodhead watershed can be divided into six major subwatersheds: