Fishing Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Blackbird Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Fishing Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Fishing Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | New Castle |
Length: | 1.44miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 0.65cuft/s at mouth with Blackbird Creek[2] |
Source1: | Cedar Swamp divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.4136°N -75.5883°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 0feet[4] |
Mouth: | Blackbird Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.4289°N -75.5972°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Blackbird Creek |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Fishing Creek is a 2.19miles long 1st order tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This creek is entirely tidal for its 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.[4]
Fishing Creek drains of area, receives about 43.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 792.29 and is about 4.7% forested.[2]