Polk Valley Run Poke Valley Run, Snipe Valley Creek | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | valley between Kohlberg and Swoveberg in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania |
• elevation | 500 ft (150 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Saucon Creek in Hellertown, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°34′02″N 75°20′28″W / 40.56724°N 75.34100°W |
• elevation | 289 ft (88 m) |
Length | 1.9 mi (3.1 km) |
Basin size | 2.13 sq mi (5.5 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | near Hellertown, Pennsylvania |
• minimum | 0.21 cu ft/s (0.0059 m3/s) |
• maximum | nearly 450 cu ft/s (13 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Saucon Creek → Lehigh River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
Polk Valley Run (also known as Poke Valley Run or Snipe Valley Creek) is a tributary of Saucon Creek in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is approximately 1.9 miles (3.1 km) long and flows through Lower Saucon Township and Hellertown.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 2.13 square miles (5.5 km2). A reach of the stream is designated as an impaired waterbody due to siltation from agriculture. However, wild trout and other wildlife are present in and around it. Most of the watershed is forested.