Mill Creek (Blackbird Creek tributary)
| Mill 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 northeast of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°25′50″N 075°35′03″W / 39.43056°N 75.58417°W[1] |
| • elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | about 2 miles north-northeast of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°29′50″N 075°34′03″W / 39.49722°N 75.56750°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 3.53 mi (5.68 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.61 square miles (4.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.26 cu ft/s (0.036 m3/s) at mouth with Appoquinmink River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Blackbird Creek |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
Mill Creek is a 2.19 mi (3.52 km) long 1st order tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Mill Creek rises on the Cedar Swamp divide about 0.5 miles northeast of Taylors Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. Mill Creek then flows north to meet Blackbird Creek about 2 miles north-northeast of Taylors Bridge, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Mill Creek drains 1.61 square miles (4.2 km2) of area, receives about 43.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 946.15 and is about 2.1% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Mill 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 "Mill Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
