Spring Creek Tributary to Murderkill River | |
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![]() Spring Creek upstream of Frederica, Delaware | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
City | Frederica |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of Hudson Branch and Pratt Branch |
• location | about 2.5 miles northwest of Frederica, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°01′42″N 075°29′58″W / 39.02833°N 75.49944°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Mouth | Murderkill River |
• location | Frederica, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°00′42″N 075°27′40″W / 39.01167°N 75.46111°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 3.73 mi (6.00 km)[3] |
Basin size | 27.95 square miles (72.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Murderkill River |
• average | 33.73 cu ft/s (0.955 m3/s) at mouth with Murderkill River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Murderkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Murderkill River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Hudson Branch Double Run |
• right | Pratt Branch |
Bridges | DE 12 |
Spring Creek is a 3.73 mi (6.00 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Murderkill River in Kent County, Delaware.