Stony Creek Tributary to Delaware River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Perkins Run divide |
• location | Westwood, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°48′18″N 075°30′07″W / 39.80500°N 75.50194°W[1] |
• elevation | 340 ft (100 m)[2] |
Mouth | Delaware River |
• location | Bellevue, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°46′26″N 075°28′48″W / 39.77389°N 75.48000°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 4.7 mi (7.6 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.36 square miles (6.1 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 3.37 cu ft/s (0.095 m3/s) at mouth with Stenkil Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Delaware River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Fox Run (Delaware) (Flows through Forwood Preserve), Jacksons Creek (Delaware) (Meets Stony Creek in Carcroft Crest Park, Boulder Run (Delaware) flows through Bellevue State Park. |
• right | Kallved Creek (Delaware) Name has Swedish origins, “kall” meaning cold and “ved” meaning wood. |
Waterbodies | Bellevue Lake |
Waterfalls | Stenkill Falls and Tukohtene Falls |
Bridges | Marsh Road (Delaware Route 3) Veale Road Silverside Road I-95 Carr Road Philadelphia Pike US 13 I-495 |
Stoney Creek is a 2.76 mi (4.44 km) long second order tributary to the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware.