Deer Creek (Maryland)
{{Short description|River in Maryland and Pennsylvania, USA}}
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Deer Creek is a {{convert|52.9|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed August 8, 2011 river in Maryland and Pennsylvania that flows through the scenic areas of Harford County and empties into the Susquehanna River, roughly halfway between the Interstate 95 bridge and Conowingo Dam. Its watershed area is {{convert|171|sqmi|km2}}.Deer Creek Watershed Restoration Action Strategy, Harford County Dept. of Planning and Zoning, 2007.[http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/planningzoning/index.cfm?ID=202] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603092810/http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/PlanningZoning/index.cfm?ID=202 |date=2012-06-03 }}, accessed June 13, 2012 Its watershed area in MD (excluding water) is {{convert|145|sqmi|km2}}, with 3% impervious surface in 1994.Deer Creek, MD Surf your watershed, Watershed profile. [http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/wsprofiles/surf/prof/wsprof.cfm?watershed=02120202] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316171519/http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/wsprofiles/surf/prof/wsprof.cfm?watershed=02120202 |date=2005-03-16 }}, accessed June 13, 2012 It serves as a divider between the agricultural and urban/suburban areas of Harford County.
Geography
File:Deer Creek Maryland.jpg Deer Creek rises in Shrewsbury in York County, Pennsylvania, and flows southeast, soon entering Maryland. It cuts across the northeastern corner of Baltimore County and into Harford County, where it runs through Rocks State Park, Palmer State Park, and Susquehanna State Park, passing north of the Bel Air area.
The only dam on Deer Creek, the [http://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/hotspots/deer.aspx Wilson Mill Dam], is located along Glenville Road in Harford County. A Denil (baffle) fish ladder was built beside the dam in 2000, re-opening approximately twenty-five miles of spawning habitat to several anadromous fish species.
Deer Creek supported the last known population of the Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare), the only endemic vertebrate in Maryland [https://web.archive.org/web/20071116172038/http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/mddarter.asp]. The creek is commonly used for recreation in the summer months.
The Deer Creek Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad carries the Stewartstown Railroad over Deer Creek in Hopewell Township and Shrewsbury Township, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp |title=National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania |publisher=CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System |format=Searchable database |access-date=2011-12-17 |archive-date=2007-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp |url-status=dead }} Note: This includes {{cite web |url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H097662_01H.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Deer Creek Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad |access-date=2011-12-08 |author=Thomas N. Shaffer |format=PDF |date=June 1992 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613201529/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H097662_01H.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-13 }}
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