Neabsco Creek
| Neabsco Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Prince William County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Potomac River |
• elevation | 0 feet (0 m) |
| Length | 13.9 miles (22.4 km) |
Neabsco Creekis a 13.9-mile-long (22.4 km)[1]tributary of the lower tidal segment of thePotomac Riverin easternPrince William County,Virginia.The Neabsco Creekwatershedcovers about 27 square miles (70 km2). The name Neabsco is derived from aDoegvillage recorded asNiopscoby early English colonists. The creek has served as a vital waterway for trade and commerce innorthern Virginiasince the eighteenth century.
The Neabsco's watershed is highly developed because of its proximity to theI-95corridor and theWashington, D.C.metropolitan area. TheEPAOffice of Water recently identified the Neabsco Creek watershed as an "area of significant habitat degradation due to a loss of natural land cover and storm water management facilities designed without consideration for environmental conditions." Most ofDale CityandWoodbridgeempty into Neabsco Creek.
Prince William County has made significant investments to offset stormwater impacts throughout the watershed. TheU.S. Army Corps of Engineersproposal to dredge Neabsco Creek to help alleviate flooding on Route 1 was never funded, and the area continues to flood on a routine basis. CongressmanTom Davissecured more than $4 million in funds to clean up the Dale Service Corporation's sewage treatment plant on Neabsco Creek.
Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge,325 acres (1.32 km2) oftidal marshandriparianwetlandsandwoodlands,is located about 22 miles (35 km) south of Washington, D.C. at theconfluenceof Neabsco Creek and the Potomac River and provides a habitat forneotropicalmigrants,waterfowl,ospreys,and historicallybald eagles.
Neabsco Creek was the site ofNeabsco Iron Works,one of the first iron production furnace plantations in northern Virginia. It operated on the creek from 1737 to 1820 at a site just above the present-day I-95 crossing.
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[edit]- ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National Map,accessed August 15, 2011
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