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| Red Clay Creek Tributary to White Clay Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Red Clay Creek mouth  Red Clay Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of East and West Branches of Red Clay Creek |
| • location | Southridge, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 39°49′04″N 075°41′33″W / 39.81778°N 75.69250°W[1] |
| • elevation | 200 ft (61 m)[2] |
| Mouth | White Clay Creek |
• location | Stanton, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°42′29″N 075°38′45″W / 39.70806°N 75.64583°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 12.7 mi (20.4 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 54.53 square miles (141.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 74.57 cu ft/s (2.112 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 |
| Landmarks | Mount Cuba |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East Branch Red Clay Creek Burrows Run |
| • right | West Branch Red Clay Creek Hyde Run |
Red Clay Creek is a 12.7-mile-long (20.4 km) tributary of White Clay Creek, running through southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.[5][6] As of 2000, portions of the creek are under wildlife habitat protection.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Red Clay Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Red Clay Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Newark East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Red Clay Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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