Manada Creek

Coordinates: 40°18′16″N 76°40′08″W / 40.30444°N 76.66889°W / 40.30444; -76.66889

Manada Creek
Stream
Jonestown Road Bridge at Manada Hill, Pennsylvania (replacement underway as of May 2011).
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 / 40.44139; -76.64472
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°W / 40.30444; -76.66889
Length	17.0 mi (27 km)
Basin	85.9 sq mi (222 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 is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km) ^[1] tributary of Swatara Creek in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The name is derived in Spanish, meaning "herd". The creek is born in Fort Indiantown Gap, East Hanover Township, flowing northwest through Blue Mountain. As it flows through East Hanover Township, supporting popular ranges of fishing during spring seasons, it then meets Walnut Run. The watershed drains approximately 82 sq mi (213 km), including areas of farmland and heavily forested areas.^[2][3]

Manada Creek joins the Swatara Creek along the outskirts of the unincorporated community of Sand Beach.

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

Notes

1. ^ Manada Creek Watershed
2. ^ Topographical Map
3. ^ Feature Detail Report for: Manada Creek

References

• Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6

External links

• Manada Conservancy
• Community Organizations
• U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
• USGS 01573482 Water Data - Manada Creek at Manada Gap, PA