Oxbow Creek

Oxbow Creek Hortons Creek
Oxbow Creek looking downstream
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Oxbow Lake in Lemon Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
• elevation	between 1,040 and 1,060 feet (317 and 323 m)
Mouth
• location	Tunkhannock Creek in Lemon Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania at East Lemon
• coordinates	41°35′15″N 75°51′41″W / 41.58739°N 75.86146°W / 41.58739; -75.86146
• elevation	650 ft (200 m)
Length	2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Basin size	8.56 sq mi (22.2 km2)
Basin features
Progression	Tunkhannock Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Tributaries
• left	Horton Creek
Other tributaries	Oxbow Inlet

Oxbow Creek (also known as Hortons Creek) is a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long and flows through Lemon Township.^[1] The watershed of the creek has an area of 8.56 square miles (22.2 km²). The creek has two named tributarie: Horton Creek and Oxbow Inlet. It is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The surficial geology in its vicinity mostly consists of Wisconsinan Till, alluvium, Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, and bedrock.

The area near the mouth of Oxbow Creek was settled before 1800 and some mills were constructed on it in the 19th century. A number of bridges have also been constructed across the creek. Its watershed is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.