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Dry Branch Creek (Tohickon Creek tributary)

Dry Branch Creek is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Dry Branch is part of the Delaware River watershed.

Statistics

Dry Branch Creek rises at an elevation of and meets the Tohickon Creek at an elevation of . The length is . That gives the creek an average slope of per mile (km).

Course

Dry Branch Creek rises in the upper portion of Haycock Township at an elevation of and flows to the southwest for about where it receives a tributary from the right bank, then another mile or so where it meets its confluence with the Tohickon Creek at an elevation of . Its average slope is 17.7 feet per mile (2.75 meters per kilometers). In a study conducted in 2001 by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Rivers Conservation Program, Dry Branch Creek was found to be impaired in condition and caused extensive flooding during severe storms at the Raub Road crossing.

Stream progression

Crossings and bridges

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