Pike Creek Tributary to White Clay Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | White Clay Creek divide |
• location | Pond at Stirrup Farms, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°46′23″N 075°43′38″W / 39.77306°N 75.72722°W[1] |
• elevation | 300 ft (91 m)[2] |
Mouth | White Clay Creek |
• location | Choate, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°41′57″N 075°41′30″W / 39.69917°N 75.69167°W[1] |
• elevation | 18 ft (5.5 m)[2] |
Length | 5.37 mi (8.64 km)[3] |
Basin size | 6.64 square miles (17.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 9.41 cu ft/s (0.266 m3/s) at mouth with White Clay Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | White Clay Creek → Christina River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean[3] |
River system | Christina River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | DE 72, New Linden Hill Road, Pike Creek Road, Upper Pike Creek Road, DE 2, W Green Valley Road |
Designated | October 24, 2000 |
Pike Creek is a 5.37 mi (8.64 km) long 2nd order tributary to White Clay Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.