Nescopeck Creek - Tributaries

Tributaries

Nescopeck Creek has more than 200 miles of tributaries. This consists of 111 miles of named streams and 106 miles of unnamed ones. Major ones include Black Creek, two tributaries named Little Nescopeck Creek, Oley Creek, Creasy Creek, and Long Run. There are a total of thirteen named streams in the Nescopeck Creek watershed.

The portion of Nescopeck Creek from its mouth upstream to the mouth of Black Creek has a Strahler number of 5. This makes up 8.7 miles of the streams in the watershed. Most of Black Creek and almost all of Nescopeck Creek upstream of Black Creek has a Strahler number of 4. These make up 43.2 miles of streams in the creek's watershed. Eight smaller tributaries in the watershed have Strahler number of three. These make up 14.5 miles of the creek's watershed. A total of 25 streams in the creek's watershed have a Strahler number of 2. They make up 47.4 miles of the creek's watershed. 113 very small streams in the Nescopeck Creek watershed have a Strahler number of 1. Such streams make up 104.7 miles of the creek's watershed.