| Manada Creek | |
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 View of the creek from the Jonestown Road Bridge at Manada Hill, Pennsylvania. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Dauphin, Lebanon |
| Cities | Sandbeach, Manadahill, Manada Gap, Fort Indiantown Gap |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 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 |
• coordinates | 40°18′16″N 76°40′08″W / 40.30444°N 76.66889°W |
• elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| Length | 17.0 mi (27.4 km) |
| Basin size | 32.2 sq mi (83 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Manada Gap, Pennsylvania |
| • average | 23 cu ft/s (0.65 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 8 cu ft/s (0.23 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 987 cu ft/s (27.9 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Walnut Run |
Manada Creek[1][2][3] is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km)[4] 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 the Lenape word "menatey", meaning "island".[5]
- ^ Topographical Map
- ^ Feature Detail Report for: Manada Creek
- ^ Manada Creek Watershed
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed January 17, 2019
- ^ The History of Dauphin County