Jordan Creek | |
Hollenbach in Pennsylvania_German_language | |
Jordan Creek in Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Country | United States |
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State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lehigh |
City | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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- location | Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County |
- coordinates | 40°44′01″N 75°44′08″W / 40.73361°N 75.73556°W |
Mouth | Little Lehigh Creek |
- location | Allentown, Lehigh County |
- coordinates | 40°36′04″N 75°27′41″W / 40.60111°N 75.46139°WCoordinates: 40°36′04″N 75°27′41″W / 40.60111°N 75.46139°W |
Length | 34.1 mi (54.9 km) |
Basin | 75.8 sq mi (196.3 km2) |
Discharge | for Allentown |
- average | 157 cu ft/s (4.45 m3/s) |
- max | 1,390 cu ft/s (39.36 m3/s) |
- min | 8.7 cu ft/s (0.25 m3/s) |
Jordan Creek, also known as Hollenbach in Deitsch, is a 34.1-mile-long (54.9 km)tributary of the Little Lehigh Creek in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The creek passes through the Trexler Nature Preserve.
Jordan Creek joins Little Lehigh Creek in the city of Allentown, before soon flowing into the Lehigh River. It drains an area of 75.8 square miles (196 km2).