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Little Creek (Broad Creek tributary)

Little Creek is a 3.63 mi (5.84 km) long 3rd order tributary to Broad Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

Course

Little Creek is formed at the confluence of Meadow Branch and Holly Branch about 1 mile south of Laurel, Delaware[2] and then flows north into Broad Creek at Laurel.[3]

Watershed

Little Creek drains 17.36 square miles (45.0 km2) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 746.39 and is about 10% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Little Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Little Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.


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