Swan Creek Tributary to Mispillion River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | outlet of Tubmill Pond |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Lynch Heights, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°56′32″N 075°25′40″W / 38.94222°N 75.42778°W [1] |
• elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m) [2] |
Mouth | Mispillion River |
• location | New Wharf, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°56′14″N 075°24′11″W / 38.93722°N 75.40306°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
Length | 1.84 mi (2.96 km) [3] |
Basin size | 5.09 square miles (13.2 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Mispillion River |
• average | 6.41 cu ft/s (0.182 m3/s) at mouth with Mispillion River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | east |
River system | Mispillion River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Tubmill Branch |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | DE 1, New Wharf Road |
Swan Creek is a 1.84 mi (2.96 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Mispillion River in Kent County, Delaware.
Swan Creek is formed at the outlet of Tubmill Pond about 0.5 miles south of Lynch Heights, Delaware. Swan Creek then flows east to meet the Mispillion River at New Wharf, Delaware. [2]
Swan Creek drains 5.09 square miles (13.2 km2) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 555.50 and is about 8.8% forested. [4]