Manada Creek
| Manada Creek | |
| Stream | |
 View of the creek from the Jonestown Road Bridge at Manada Hill, Pennsylvania. | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Dauphin, Lebanon |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Walnut Run |
| Cities | Sandbeach, Manadahill, Manada Gap, Fort Indiantown Gap |
| Source | Fort Indiantown Gap |
| - location | East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| - coordinates | 40°26′29″N 76°38′41″W / 40.44139°N 76.64472°W |
| Mouth | Swatara Creek |
| - location | Sand Beach, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| - elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°18′16″N 76°40′08″W / 40.30444°N 76.66889°WCoordinates: 40°18′16″N 76°40′08″W / 40.30444°N 76.66889°W |
| Length | 17.0 mi (27 km) |
| Basin | 32.2 sq mi (83 km2) |
| Discharge | for Manada Gap, Pennsylvania |
| - average | 23 cu ft/s (1 m3/s) |
| - max | 987 cu ft/s (28 m3/s) |
| - min | 8 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
Manada Creek[1][2]is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km)[3]tributary of Swatara Creek in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The watershed drains approximately 32 sq mi (83 km). The name is derived in Lenape, meaning "an island".[4]
Course
The creek is born in Blue Mountain at Fort Indiantown Gap, East Hanover Township by the confluence of several branches. It meanders southwest to flow through Manada Gap, Pennsylvania creating a water gap through Blue Mountain.
The tributary Walnut Run joins Manada Creek above Interstate 81.
It becomes the border of East Hanover and West Hanover townships. The creek continues winding through forests and agricultural farmland before it flows into the Swatara Creek along the outskirts of the unincorporated community of Sand Beach.
See also
References
External links
- Manada Conservancy
- Community Organizations
- U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gauging stations
- USGS 01573482 Water Data - Manada Creek at Manada Gap, PA
- Indian Names data chart
- "Chapter 4"
