| Slaughter Creek Tributary to Cedar Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_Delaware_location_map.svg)  Location of Slaughter Creek mouth &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Slaughter Creek (Cedar Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Church Branch and North Prong divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles northwest of Jefferson Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°50′47″N 075°20′58″W / 38.84639°N 75.34944°W[1] |
| • elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Cedar Creek |
• location | about 0.25 miles west of Slaughter Beach, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°55′16″N 075°19′36″W / 38.92111°N 75.32667°W[1] |
• elevation | 32 ft (9.8 m)[2] |
| Length | 9.92 mi (15.96 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 15.88 square miles (41.1 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cedar Creek |
| • average | 19.48 cu ft/s (0.552 m3/s) at mouth with Cedar Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cedar Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Cedar Creek |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Draper-Bennett Ditch |
| • right | Old Slaughter Creek |
| Bridges | DE 1, Draper Road, Slaughter Beach Road (DE 36) |
Slaughter Creek is a 9.92 mi (15.96 km) long 3rd order tributary to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Slaughter Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Slaughter Creek Topo Map, Sussex County DE (Mispillion River Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Slaughter Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 November 2019.