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Crosswicks Creek
View upstream from I-295 at the mouth of the Crosswicks Creek on the border of Bordentown and Hamilton Township
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
RegionBurlington County
Mercer County
Monmouth County
Ocean County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationJoint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
 • coordinates40°03′07″N 74°32′41″W / 40.05194°N 74.54472°W / 40.05194; -74.54472[1]
MouthDelaware River
 • location
Bordentown
 • coordinates
40°08′57″N 74°43′12″W / 40.14917°N 74.72000°W / 40.14917; -74.72000[1]
Basin features
River systemDelaware River

Crosswicks Creek is a 25.3-mile-long (40.7 km)[2] tributary of the Delaware River in Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties in central and southern New Jersey.[3]

Description

Crosswicks Creek watershed encompasses portions of four counties in south-central New Jersey. Its headwaters flow from the Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base Military Reserves in a northwesterly direction and then turn sharply south where it meets the Delaware River at Bordentown Township. With jets roaring overhead and shells being test fired, the Crosswicks Creek watershed has a set of unique concerns and is the focus of many protection and restoration activities.

In the mid 1990s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation opened the missing segment of I-295, which has had a significantly impact on the mouth of the Crosswicks. This area, known as the Hamilton Marsh, has had significant portions filled in to make way for the freeway. During construction, new wetlands were also created, but at the expense of established woodlands. There may also be interference with wildlife movement patterns due to the large freeway's presence in the marsh. In light of these activities, there is support for the development of a Hamilton Marsh Greenway.

Fossils

Although most of the creek does not yield particularly abundant deposits of fossils, fossils from the Pleistocene and Cretaceous eras have been found. There exist patches of particularly fossiliferous deposits among mostly non-fossiliferous deposits throughout the creek's path.[4][5]

Statistics

Tributaries

Crosswicks Creek marshlands near Bordentown

Impoundments

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Crosswicks Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  3. ^ Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9
  4. ^ http://newegypthistoricalsociety.com/did.html
  5. ^ "New Jersey Fossil Sites and Collecting Localities". Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-04-28.

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