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:[1]

  • 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.[2]

Watershed

Slaughter Creek drains 15.88 square miles (41.1 km2) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 798.73 and is about 4% forested.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Slaughter Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Slaughter Creek Topo Map, Sussex County DE (Mispillion River Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Slaughter Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_Creek_(Cedar_Creek_tributary)
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