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.
| 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 |
Course
editFishing 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
editFishing 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
editReferences
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.