Dalmatia Creek
Dalmatia Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 2.8 miles (4.5 km) long and flows through Lower Mahanoy Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 2.80 square miles (7.3 km2). The creek has no named tributaries, but several unnamed ones. Both it and its tributaries are designated as impaired waterbodies due to sedimentation/siltation from crop-related agriculture and vegetation removal. Streambank erosion also occurs in the watershed. The creek is in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province.
| Dalmatia Creek | |
|---|---|
Dalmatia Creek looking upstream in Dalmatia | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | base of a mountain in Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 753 ft (230 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Susquehanna River at Dalmatia in Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°39′25″N 76°54′01″W |
• elevation | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Length | 2.8 mi (4.5 km) |
| Basin size | 2.80 sq mi (7.3 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Unt 17500, Unt 17501, Unt 17502, Unt 17503, Unt 17504, Unt 17505, Unt 17506 |
The main land use in the watershed of Dalmatia Creek is agricultural land, but forested land, low-intensity development, and transitional land are also present. The creek experienced flooding during Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972. A bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 147 has been constructed across it in Dalmatia. The drainage basin of the creek is designated as a Warmwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.