Mockingbird Creek (Barren Creek tributary)
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| Mockingbird Creek Tributary to Barren Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Mockingbird Creek mouth  Mockingbird Creek (Barren Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware Maryland |
| County | Sussex Wicomico |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tussocky Branch divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles northeast of Susan Beach Corner, Delaware[1] |
| • coordinates | 38°28′29″N 075°38′34″W / 38.47472°N 75.64278°W[2] |
| • elevation | 49 ft (15 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Barren Creek |
• location | about 1.5 miles west of Mardela Springs, Maryland[3] |
• coordinates | 38°27′46″N 075°42′28″W / 38.46278°N 75.70778°W[2] |
• elevation | 19 ft (5.8 m)[3] |
| Length | 4.28 mi (6.89 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 6.45 square miles (16.7 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Barren Creek |
| • average | 7.28 cu ft/s (0.206 m3/s) at mouth with Barren Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | west-southwest[4] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Susan Beach Road, Columbia Road, Family Pride Way, Delmar Road |
Mockingbird Creek is a 4.28 mi (6.89 km) long 2nd tributary to Barren Creek in Wicomico County, Maryland.
Mockingbird Creek rises about 0.25 miles northeast of Susan Beach Corner in Sussex County, Delaware[1] and then flows west-southwest into Wicomico County, Maryland to join Barren Creek about 1.5 miles west of Mardela Springs.[3]
