Slaughter Creek (Cedar Creek Tributary)
Slaughter Creek is a 9.92 mi (15.96 km) long 3rd order tributary to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
- Slaughter Beach Canal
- Slaughter Neck Ditch
Course
Slaughter Creek rises on the Church Branch and North Prong divide about 0.25 miles northwest of Jefferson Crossroads, Delaware. Slaughter Creek then flows east and makes a turn northwest to meet Cedar Creek west of Slaughter Beach.
Watershed
Slaughter Creek drains 15.88 square miles (41.1 km) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 798.73 and is about 4% forested.
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Slaughter Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Slaughter Creek Topo Map, Sussex County DE (Mispillion River Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Slaughter Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
External links
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