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Stream in Delaware, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slaughter Creek is a 9.92 mi (15.96 km) long 3rd order tributary to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
Slaughter Creek Tributary to Cedar Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Church Branch and North Prong divide |
• location | about 0.25 miles northwest of Jefferson Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°50′47″N 075°20′58″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cedar Creek |
• location | about 0.25 miles west of Slaughter Beach, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°55′16″N 075°19′36″W[1] |
• elevation | 32 ft (9.8 m)[2] |
Length | 9.92 mi (15.96 km)[3] |
Basin size | 15.88 square miles (41.1 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cedar Creek |
• average | 19.48 cu ft/s (0.552 m3/s) at mouth with Cedar Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cedar Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cedar Creek |
Tributaries | |
• left | Draper-Bennett Ditch |
• right | Old Slaughter Creek |
Bridges | DE 1, Draper Road, Slaughter Beach Road (DE 36) |
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
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]
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]
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