Cod Creek Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mill Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Columbia, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 38°30′01″N 075°39′07″W / 38.50028°N 75.65194°W[1] |
• elevation | 45 ft (14 m)[2] |
Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | about 0.75 miles northeast of Sharptown, Maryland[3] |
• coordinates | 38°33′22″N 075°41′39″W / 38.55611°N 75.69417°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[3] |
Length | 5.51 mi (8.87 km)[4] |
Basin size | 6.04 square miles (15.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Nanticoke River |
• average | 6.85 cu ft/s (0.194 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Owens Branch |
• right | Kinniken Evans Ditch |
Bridges | John Cooper Road, DE 24, Shockley Road, Old Sharptown Road |
Cod Creek is a 5.51 mi (8.87 km) long 2nd tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware.