Blackbird Creek (Delaware)

Blackbird Creek
Tributary to Delaware Bay
Picture of Blackbird Creek at Blackbird Creek Reserve
Blackbird Creek at Blackbird Reserve
Location of the confluence of Blackbird Creek and Delaware Bay
Location of the confluence of Blackbird Creek and Delaware Bay
Location of the confluence of Blackbird Creek and Delaware Bay
Location of the confluence of Blackbird Creek and Delaware Bay
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
CityTownsend
Physical characteristics
SourceOn the watershed divide between Blackbird Creek and the Chester River
 • locationDexter Corners, Delaware
 • coordinates39°19′25″N 075°41′46″W / 39.32361°N 75.69611°W / 39.32361; -75.69611[1]
 • elevation75 ft (23 m)[2]
Mouth2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware
 • location
Taylors Bridge, Delaware
 • coordinates
39°26′19″N 075°34′27″W / 39.43861°N 75.57417°W / 39.43861; -75.57417[1]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length16.28 mi (26.20 km)[3]
Basin size8,022 ha[4]
Basin features
ProgressionDelaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftBarlow Branch
Herring Run
Beaver Branch
 • rightSandom Branch
Fishing Creek
Mill Creek
Gravel Gut
WaterbodiesBlackbird Pond
BridgesGreenspring Road
Oliver Guessford Road
Railroad Crossing
Blackbird Station Road
US 13
Blackbird Landing Road
DE 9

Blackbird Creek is a 16.9-mile-long (27.2 km)[5] river in northern Delaware in the United States.

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Blackbird Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Blackbird Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Taylors Bridge Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Blackbird Creek Watershed Proposed TMDLs" (PDF). Hydroqual Environmental Engineers & Scientists. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011