Deep Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Nanticoke River |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Deep Creek |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Deep Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Deep Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 14miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 78.25cuft/s at mouth with Nanticoke River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Deep Creek and Broadkill River in Redden State Forest |
Source1 Location: | Redden Crossroads, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.7336°N -75.4197°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 42feet[4] |
Mouth: | Nanticoke River |
Mouth Location: | Seaford, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.7442°N -75.5883°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Mifflin Ditch McColleys Branch Rum Bridge Branch Tyndall Branch Baker Mill Branch Tubbs Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Shorts Ditch |
Waterbodies: | Concord Pond |
Deep Creek is a 14adj=midNaNadj=mid tributary of the Nanticoke River that rises in the Redden area and flows southwest towards Seaford, Delaware.