Watershed Management Area 20
Assiscunk, Crosswicks, Doctors

Watershed Management Area 20 includes the Assiscunk, Blacks, Crafts, Crosswicks, Doctors, Duck and Mill Creeks. This management area includes 26 municipalities spanning four counties: Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean encompassing 253 square miles.

Crosswicks Creek is 25 miles long and drains an area of 146 square miles to the Delaware River at Bordentown. Major tributaries include Jumping Brook, Lahaway Creek, North Run and Doctors Creek. Tides affect this stream up to the Crosswicks Mill Dam. Allentown Lake, Oxford Lake, Prospertown Lake and Imlaystown Lake are major impoundments in the Crosswicks Creek Watershed.

For additional information on the Assiscunk, Crosswicks, Doctors Creek Watershed Management Area, please contact:

Mike Haberland, WMA 20 Area Manager
Mike.Haberland@dep.state.nj.us
(609) 633-7714

Watershed Management Area 20 Map
Watershed Management Area 20 Factsheet (PDF Format)

Watershed Plans
Assiscunk Creek Headwaters (under development)

Priority Segment for Restoration
Assiscunk and Annaricken Creeks

TMDL Implementation Priorities
Assiscunk and Annaricken Creek Phosphorus TMDL

Active Projects

	Section 319(h) NPS Grant: Oakford Lake and Paradise Park Streambank Restoration for Water Quality Improvement Plumsted Township Completed Project restored lake front of a municipal park in Plumsted Township which had been denuded by the resident geese population.
	Section 319(h) NPS Grant: Assiscunk Creek Headwater Restoration and Protection Plan Burlington County and Rutgers Cooperative Extension

WMA 20 Partnerships
Burlington County Bridge Commission
Burlington County Planning Department
Plumsted Township

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