Fishing Creek (Blackbird Creek tributary)
| Fishing Creek Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cedar Swamp divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°24′49″N 075°35′18″W / 39.41361°N 75.58833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°25′44″N 075°35′50″W / 39.42889°N 75.59722°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.44 mi (2.32 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.65 cu ft/s (0.018 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Blackbird Creek |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
Fishing Creek is a 2.19 mi (3.52 km) long 1st order tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This creek is entirely tidal for its course.
Course
[edit]Fishing Creek rises on the Cedar Swamp divide about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. Fishing Creek then flows northwest to meet Blackbird Creek about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Fishing Creek drains 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) of area, receives about 43.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 792.29 and is about 4.7% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Fishing Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Blackbird Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Taylors Bridge Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Fishing Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
