Beaver Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Brandywine Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaver Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Beaver Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | New Castle |
Length: | 2.62miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Brandywine Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 6.43cuft/s at mouth with Brandywine Creek[2] |
Source1: | Harvey Run and Webb Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Elam, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.8611°N -75.5447°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 342feet |
Mouth: | Brandywine Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles east of Granoque, Delaware[5] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.8344°N -75.5767°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 141feet |
Progression: | southwest |
River System: | Delaware River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Heyburn Road, Smith Bridge Road, Creek Road |
Beaver Creek is a 2.62miles long 2nd order tributary to Brandywine Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Beaver Creek rises about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Elam, Pennsylvania in Delaware County[3] and then flows southwest to join Brandywine Creek about 0.5 miles east of Granoque, Delaware in New Castle County.[5]
Beaver Creek drains of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 410.33 and is about 43% forested.[2]