Manada Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed January 17, 2019 tributary of
Swatara Creek
Swatara Creek (nicknamed the Swatty) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United Sta ...
in
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth ...
in the
United States
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. The watershed drains approximately 32 sq mi (83 km). The name is derived the
Lenape word "menatey", meaning "island".
Course
The creek is born in
Blue Mountain at
Fort Indiantown Gap,
East Hanover Township by the confluence of several branches, flowing southwest. The
gap through the mountains which it flows through is known as
Manada Gap. Later, it becomes the border of
East Hanover and
West Hanover townships, continuing to wind through forests and agricultural farmland before spilling into the Swatara Creek along the outskirts of the
unincorporated community
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of
Sand Beach.
The tributary Walnut Run joins Manada Creek in East Hanover Township.
Variant names
The stream was known originally as Monody Creek.
Nestor, Sandy. McFarland, 2015 Several variant names not included by the Geographic Names Information System
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, but have been recorded through various sources:
*Manady[
*Manity][
*Mannadys][
*Monady][
*Monaday][
*Monnaday][
*Monaidy][
*Monday][
]
See also
*List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
*'' ...
* Fort Manada
* Manada Furnace
*Manada Gap, Pennsylvania
Manada Gap is an unincorporated community in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Harrisburg-Carlisle area, near Fort Indiantown Gap.
Fort Manada
Fort Manada (also known as James Brown's Fort) was a s ...
* Manada Hill, Pennsylvania
References
External links
Manada Conservancy
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gauging stations
USGS 01573482 Water Data - Manada Creek at Manada Gap, PA
Indian Names data chart"Chapter 4"
Rivers of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Swatara Creek
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