14-715: Turtle Creek may refer to: Streams [ edit ] Canada Turtle Creek (New Brunswick) , a tributary of the Petitcodiac River United States Turtle Creek (New Jersey) , a tributary of the Mullica River Turtle Creek (Little Miami River) , a tributary of the Little Miami River in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio Turtle Creek (Monongahela River) ,
28-684: A borough in Allegheny County Turtle Creek, Dallas , a neighborhood around the stream in Dallas, Texas Turtle Creek Boulevard , a road through the Dallas neighborhood Turtle Creek, West Virginia , an unincorporated community in Boone County Turtle Creek, Wisconsin , the former name of Beloit, Wisconsin See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Turtle Creek [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
42-811: A tributary of the Guadalupe River Turtle Creek (West Virginia) Turtle Creek (Wisconsin) , a tributary of the Rock River (Mississippi River) Saltese Creek (Washington) , a stream often erroneously called Turtle Creek due to an adjacent housing development of the same name Places [ edit ] Canada Turtle Creek, New Brunswick , a community in Albert County United States Turtle Creek Township, Todd County, Minnesota Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania ,
56-662: A tributary of the Monongahela River, which flows through Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania Turtle Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River) , a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Union County, Pennsylvania Turtle Creek (South Dakota) Turtle Creek (Dallas County, Texas) , a tributary of the Trinity River Turtle Creek (Matagorda County, Texas) Turtle Creek (Kerr County, Texas) ,
70-650: Is New Brunswick's third-youngest county , located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy ; the shire town is Hopewell Cape . The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County , and named after Prince Albert . Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use is as a census division . The mineral albertite
84-488: Is designated as a Provincial Watershed Protected Area, making certain activities illegal within 75 km (47 mi) of the area. Covered under the Watershed Protected Area Designation Order and Clean Water Act , Turtle Creek is rated, among thirty others, as a Class AP watershed. In spite of this rating, E. coli and sediment levels were found to be "unusually high", which, according to
98-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Turtle Creek (New Brunswick) Turtle Creek is a Canadian creek in Albert County , southeastern New Brunswick . The creek drains a watershed area of 192 square kilometres (74 square miles), and is the primary source of potable water for Moncton , Riverview , and Dieppe , thanks to
112-537: The 150 km (58 sq mi) Turtle Creek reservoir and the Moncton Water Treatment Plant. Turtle Creek is one of the Petitcodiac River 's main right tributaries, and is therefore part of its 2,831 km (1,093 sq mi) drainage basin. Its watershed has been designated as a Provincial Watershed Protected Area, making certain activities off-limits within 75 metres (246 feet) of
126-512: The Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, was caused by the ongoing expansion of the river's reservoir. Nitrate, phosphate, and conductivity levels, according to the same report, remained consistent. The city of Moncton conducts studies on over 1,600 water samples in 60 sites yearly to assure water drinking quality standards are met. According to an annual report published by the city in 2009, coliform bacteria , which includes E. coli,
140-412: The reservoir. The reservoir was the subject of a major upgrade completed in 2012 which doubled its existing water storage capacity. It has also been the centre of controversies regarding the province's push to begin uranium exploration and gas and oil tests in the area, in spite of the boundaries set on the surroundings. The river drains a watershed area of 192 km (74 sq mi) south of
154-430: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turtle_Creek&oldid=1182158272 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732851967195168-480: The town of Riverview. The watershed is largely occupied by the Turtle Creek reservoir, which occupies around 170 km (66 sq mi) of land. Approximately 75% of the land is forested, with about 10% used for residential purposes. The average water temperature, noted in a 2009 study by the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, was 13.24 °C (55.83 °F ), from May to October. The Turtle Creek reservoir
182-467: Was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines. There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2016 population): The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2016 population): As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Albert County had
196-487: Was not found in any of 1,663 samples. In the same report, 63 of 576 (10.94%) water samples returned a Heterotropic Plate Count—the "general bacteria population" present—of over 10 cfu /mL, but never exceeded the 500 cfu/mL threshold. Other results recorded an average turbidity of 0.15 NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Units), and an average of 0.029 mg/L of trihalomethanes (THMs). Albert County, New Brunswick Albert County (2016 population 29,158)
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