Fishing Creek (Blackbird Creek tributary)

Fishing Creek Tributary to Blackbird Creek
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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[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[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length	1.44 mi (2.32 km)[3]
Basin size	0.58 square miles (1.5 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• average	0.65 cu ft/s (0.018 m^3/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

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.

Course

Fishing 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

Fishing 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

• List of rivers of Delaware

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Fishing Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
2. "Blackbird Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Taylors Bridge Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
4. "Fishing Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 2 March 2020.