Abraham Creek is a perennial stream with relatively poor water quality when compared to other streams in the Wyoming Valley. However, it is not considered to be impaired. Its pH ranges from slightly acidic to slightly alkaline and has a daily sediment load of nearly 14 million pounds per day. The main rock formations in the watershed include the Catskill Formation, the Llewellyn Formation, the Pottsville Group, the Mauch Chunk Formation, and the Pocono Formation. The main soils include the Chenango-Pope-Holly soil, the Lackawanna-Arnot-Morris soil, the Udorthents-Urban Land-Volusia soil, and the Volusia-Mardin-Lordstown soil.
Abraham Creek (also known as Abrahams Creek, Abraham’s Creek, Abram Creek, or Abrams Creek) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 10.7 miles long and flows through six (6) municipalities: Franklin Township, Dallas Township, Kingston Township, West Wyoming, Wyoming, and Forty Fort. The watershed of the creek is 17.4 square miles and occupies portions of nine municipalities in northeastern Luzerne County. The watershed is divided into the upper Abraham Creek watershed and the lower Abraham Creek watershed, which are joined by a canyon known as “The Hollow.” The upper part of the watershed is mostly rural, but the lower part is heavily urbanized. The creek’s channel has been heavily modified in many places. Its drainage basin is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.
Abraham Creek is named after a historic Mohican chief of a village in the area. The creek’s watershed was historically heavily logged and farmed and a sediment retention structure was built in the watershed in the 1970s. Numerous bridges have been built over the creek since 1925. A 500-million-gallon reservoir known as Frances Slocum Lake was built on the creek in 1965. The Abraham Creek Watershed Association operates in the watershed.
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