Fishing Creek (Blackbird Creek tributary)
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CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
SourceCedar Swamp divide
| Fishing Creek Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cedar Swamp divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°24′49″N 075°35′18″W / 39.41361°N 75.58833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°25′44″N 075°35′50″W / 39.42889°N 75.59722°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.44 mi (2.32 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.65 cu ft/s (0.018 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Blackbird Creek |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
Fishing Creek is a 2.19 mi (3.52 km) long 1st order tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This creek is entirely tidal for its course.
Fishing Creek rises on the Cedar Swamp divide about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. Fishing Creek then flows northwest to meet Blackbird Creek about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware.[2]
