Pohopoco Creek

Water type: River
Continent: North America
Climate: Temperate

Artificial lakes

Pohopoco Creek (locally known as Big Creek) is a tributary of the Lehigh River in Monroe and Carbon Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek is 44.7 km long and its watershed is 287 km2 in area. Beltzville Lake is formed by its damming by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Pohopocos mouth is in Parryville. It was historically known as Heads Creek, Pocho Pochto Creek, Pohopoko Creek, and Poopoke Creek.