Mill Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Blackbird Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Mill Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Mill Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | New Castle |
Length: | 3.53miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.26cuft/s at mouth with Appoquinmink River[2] |
Source1: | Cedar Swamp divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.4306°N -75.5842°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 0feet[4] |
Mouth: | Blackbird Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles north-northeast of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.4972°N -75.5675°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Blackbird Creek |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Mill Creek is a 2.19miles long 1st order tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Mill Creek rises on the Cedar Swamp divide about 0.5 miles northeast of Taylors Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. Mill Creek then flows north to meet Blackbird Creek about 2 miles north-northeast of Taylors Bridge, Delaware.[4]
Mill Creek drains of area, receives about 43.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 946.15 and is about 2.1% forested.[2]