Chiques Creek Watershed

Big Chiques Creek

The Chiques Creek is a 31.6-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River. It originates near Mount Gretna Heights in Lebanon County, flows through Manheim, and enters the Susquehanna in East Donegal Township, just south of Marietta. The name comes from the Lenape word “Chiquesalunga” which means “place of crayfish”.  An earlier spelling was “Chickies Creek”.

• Mount Hope
• Elstonville
• White Oak
• Sporting Hill
• Chickies Valley
• John Moore’s
• Newtown

Little Chiques Creek

The Little Chiques Creek is a 20.6-mile-long tributary of the Chiques Creek. It originates in Mount Joy Township just below the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It runs east of the borough of Mount Joy and joins the Chiques Creek about a mile and a quarter from the Susquehanna River.

• Snyder’s
• Union
• Milton Grove
• Risser’s

Donegal Creek

The Donegal Creek is a 6-mile-long tributary of the Chiques Creek. It originates in East Donegal Township and joins the Chiques Creek about a quarter mile from the Susquehanna River. The Donegal Springs Run is a major tributary.

• Donegal
• Share’s
• Chickies Rolling Mill