Guinea Creek (Herring Creek tributary)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
SourceEmily Gut divide
| Guinea Creek Tributary to Herring Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Emily Gut divide |
| • location | about 0.1 miles southeast of Holiday Pines |
| • coordinates | 38°37′49″N 075°12′18″W / 38.63028°N 75.20500°W[1] |
| • elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Herring Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Angola Landing |
• coordinates | 38°38′36″N 075°08′50″W / 38.64333°N 75.14722°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.22 mi (6.79 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 7.25 square miles (18.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 8.55 cu ft/s (0.242 m3/s) at mouth with Herring Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | generally east |
| River system | Rehoboth Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Autumn Road Indian Mission Road DE 24 Banks Road |
Guinea Creek is a 4.22 mi (6.79 km) long 1st order tributary to Herring Creek in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Goldsmith Branch
Course
Guinea Creek rises on the Emily Gut divide, about 0.1 miles southeast of Holiday Pines in Sussex County, Delaware. Guinea Creek then flows generally east to meet Herring Creek about 0.5 miles southwest of Angola Landing.[2]
