Opequon Creek Project Team
Mill Creek Assessment 2007
As the first settlers were coming into the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the second quarter of the 18th century, they found a creek which amply suited their needs for water power for mills. The creek appropriately became known as Mill Creek. Two mills remain from that era, the Ross grist mill known as Bunker Hill Mill (1730) and the Daniels mill (1790).*The Team will conduct an assessment of Mill Creek to gather data about the general physical conditions and the environmental problems impacting the stream channel and stream banks. The assessment will be on foot and will document problems with photographs, gps coordinates, and completion of relevant forms describing impairments identified.
Mill Creek is a tributary of the Opequon Creek and is part of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. It covers approximately 13 miles from the border of Virginia to the Opequon.
Data obtained during the assessment will provide a blueprint to determine and prioritize sights for Team projects.
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*Miller, Stauffer. "The Mills of Mill Creek." The Berkeley Journal. Issue Six 1977: 12-43.
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