Pohopoco Creek

General data
- Water type: River
- Progression: Lehigh River -> Delaware River -> Delaware Bay -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Description
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.