Morgan Creek (Tohickon Creek tributary)

Morgan Creek is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States, rising in Milford Township and empties into the Tohickon in Richland Township east of Quakertown.

History
The stream was originally named Bog Run as it was indicated so on a draft of Elizabeth Galloway's land in 1781 and a number of other drafts by Samuel Foulke about the same time. It was named so because it ran through the wetlands today known as the Quakertown Swamp. The origin of the name Morgan Creek is unknown, but, it may have referred to General Daniel Morgan.

Statistics
The Geographic Names Information System identification is 1181545. The Pennsylvania Gazatteer of Streams' identification is 03184. Morgan Creek has a watershed of 4.54 sqmi. The elevation of the source is approximately 530 ft and the elevation at the mouth is 479 ft and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 23.0 river mile.

Course
Morgan Creek rises in Milford Township just south of Trumbauersville at an elevation of 540 ft and flows toward the east and slowly curves to the northeast by the time it drains into the Tohickon at an elevation of 479 ft. The stream has an average slope of 12.5 feet per mile (1.78 meters per kilometer).

Geology
The course of Morgan Run lies in the Brunswick Formation laid down during the Jurassic and the Triassic and consists of mudstone, siltstone, along with reddish-brown, green, and brown shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels.
 * Appalachian Highlands Division
 * Piedmont Province
 * Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
 * Brunswick Formation