Beaver Creek (Brandywine Creek tributary)
Stream in Delaware, USA
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Beaver Creek is a 2.62 mi (4.22 km) long 2nd order tributary to Brandywine Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
| Beaver Creek Tributary to Brandywine Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Beaver Creek mouth  Beaver Creek (Brandywine Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Harvey Run and Webb Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Elam, Pennsylvania[1] |
| • coordinates | 39°51′40″N 075°32′41″W[2] |
| • elevation | 342 ft (104 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Brandywine Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Granoque, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 39°50′04″N 075°34′36″W[2] |
• elevation | 141 ft (43 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.62 mi (4.22 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 4.08 square miles (10.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brandywine Creek |
| • average | 6.43 cu ft/s (0.182 m3/s) at mouth with Brandywine Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest[4] |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Heyburn Road, Smith Bridge Road, Creek Road |
Course
Beaver Creek rises about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Elam, Pennsylvania in Delaware County[1] and then flows southwest to join Brandywine Creek about 0.5 miles east of Granoque, Delaware in New Castle County.[3]
Watershed
Beaver Creek drains 4.08 square miles (10.6 km2) of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 410.33 and is about 43% forested.[5]