Stony Bar Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Maryland#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Stony Bar Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Stony Bar Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Maryland |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Dorchester |
Length: | 1.29miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.01cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Chicone Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles northeast of Reids Grove, Maryland |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.5422°N -75.7989°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 0feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles northeast of Walnut Landing, Maryland |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.5357°N -75.7644°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Indian Town Road, Walnut Landing Road |
Stony Bar Creek is a 1.29miles long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Stony Bar Creek rises about northeast of Reids Grove, Maryland and then flows east-southeast to join Marshyhope Creek about northeast of Walnut Landing, Maryland.[3]
Stony Bar Creek drains of area, receives about 44.0 in/year of precipitation and is about 17.85% forested.[2]