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Duck Creek (Smyrna River Tributary)
Duck Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Smyrna River in New Castle County, Delaware. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Ancke Kijhlen *Ende Kil * Green Branch *Old Duck Creek *Quinquingo Cipus *Smyrna River Course Duck Creek is formed in Duck Creek Pond at the confluence of Green Spring Branch and Providence Creek at Smyrna, Delaware. Duck Creek then flows east to form the Smyrna River with Mill Creek about northeast of Smyrna, Delaware. Watershed Duck Creek drains of area, receives about per year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 611.58 and is about 3.4% forested. See also *List of rivers of Delaware List of rivers in Delaware ( U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name. Major rivers and creeks (27) *Appoquinimink River *Blackbird Creek * Brandywine Creek * Broad Creek *Broadkill River *Choptank River * Christina River *Delaware River ... References Rive ...
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Smyrna, Delaware
Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2010, the population of the town is 10,023. The international jurist John Bassett Moore was born in Smyrna, as were politicians Louis McLane and James Williams. History Smyrna was originally called Duck Creek Cross Roads and received its current name in 1806 after the Greek seaport of Smyrna in present-day Turkey. The town was located along the north–south King's Highway. Smyrna was originally a shipping center along the Duck Creek and was the most important port between Wilmington and Lewes, shipping grain, lumber, tanbark, and produce to points north. After the shipping industry collapsed in the 1850s, the town would continue to be an agricultural center. Another account of Smyrna's name goes back to the Second Great Awakening of 1806–1807 when Methodist preacher Frances Asbury preached a ...
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Smyrna River
The Smyrna River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in central Delaware in the United States. It rises east of Smyrna, Delaware, at the confluence of Duck Creek and Mill Creek. It flows generally northeast, forming the boundary between Kent and New Castle counties. It enters Delaware Bay approximately northeast of Smyrna. It is navigable for its entire course. See also *List of Delaware rivers A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References External linksEPA: Smyrna River Rivers of Delaware Rivers of Kent County, Delaware Tributaries of Delaware Bay {{Delaware-river-stub ...
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Green Spring Branch (Duck Creek Tributary)
Green Spring Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Duck Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. Course Green Spring Branch rises on the Sawmill Branch divide about 1 mile northeast of Green Spring, Delaware. Watershed Green Spring Branch drains of area, receives about 44.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ... of 605.67 and is about 4.9% forested. See also * List of rivers of Delaware References Rivers of Delaware Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware Tributaries of the Smyrna River {{Delaware-river-stub ...
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Providence Creek (Duck Creek Tributary)
Providence Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Duck Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. Course Providence Creek rises on the Cypress Branch divide about 0.5 miles southwest of Thomas Corners, Delaware. Watershed Providence Creek drains of area, receives about 44.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ... of 604.98 and is about 3.6% forested. See also * List of rivers of Delaware References Rivers of Delaware Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware Tributaries of the Smyrna River {{Delaware-river-stub ...
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Greens Branch (Duck Creek Tributary)
Greens Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Duck Creek in Kent County, Delaware. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Duck Creek Course Greens Branch rises on the Providence Creek divide about 0.2 miles southwest of Alley Corners, Delaware. Watershed Greens Branch drains of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ... of 644.03 and is about 2.8% forested. See also * List of rivers of Delaware References Rivers of Delaware Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-river-stub ...
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New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, which is also the state's most populous city. New Castle County is included in the Philadelphia- Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named after William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (–1676). New Castle County has the highest population and population density of any Delaware county, and it is the smallest county in the state by area. It has more people than the other two counties, Kent and Sussex, combined. It is also the most economically developed of the three. History The first permanent European settlement on Delaware soil was Fort Christina, resulting from Peter Minuit's 1638 expedition on the Swedish vessels ''Fogel Gr ...
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recorded. Each feature receives ...
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Mill Creek (Smyrna River Tributary)
Mill Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Smyrna River in Kent County, Delaware. Course Mill Creek rises on the Sewell Branch divide about 0.25 miles east of Underwood Corners in Kent County. Mill Creek then flows northeast to meet the Smyrna River about 1 mile northeast of Smyrna, Delaware. Watershed Mill Creek drains of area, receives about 44.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ... of 631.41 and is about 2.1% forested. See also * List of rivers of Delaware References Rivers of Delaware Rivers of Kent County, Delaware {{Delaware-river-stub ...
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Topographic Wetness Index
The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and the upstream contributing area per unit width orthogonal to the flow direction. The index was designed for hillslope catenas. Accumulation numbers in flat areas will be very large, so TWI will not be a relevant variable. The index is highly correlated with several soil attributes such as horizon depth, silt percentage, organic matter content, and phosphorus. Methods of computing this index differ primarily in the way the upslope contributing area is calculated. Definition The topographic wetness index is defined as: \ln where a is the local upslope area draining through a certain point per unit contour length and \tan b is the local slope in radians. The TWI has been used to study spatial scale effects on hydrological processes. The ...
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List Of Rivers Of Delaware
List of rivers in Delaware ( U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name. Major rivers and creeks (27) *Appoquinimink River *Blackbird Creek * Brandywine Creek * Broad Creek *Broadkill River *Choptank River * Christina River *Delaware River *Hershey Run * Indian River *Leipsic River * Lingo Creek * Little River * Marshyhope Creek * Mill Creek *Mispillion River *Murderkill River * Naamans Creek * Nanticoke River * Pepper Creek * Pocomoke River * Red Clay Creek * St. Jones River * Sassafras River * Shellpot Creek * Simons River *Smyrna River * White Clay Creek All named streams (437) * Agricultural Ditch, Sussex County *Ake Ditch, Sussex County * Alapocas Run, New Castle County * Allabands_Mill_Stream,_ Allabands_Mill_Stream_(Isaac_Branch_tributary)">Allabands_Mill_Stream,_Kent_County,_Delaware">Kent_County *Alms_House_Ditch,__Sussex_County *Almshouse_Branch_(Isaac_Branch_tributary).html" ;"title="Kent_County,_Delaware.html" ;"title="Branch">Allabands Mill Stream (Isaac Alla ...
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Rivers Of Delaware
List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name. Major rivers and creeks (27) *Appoquinimink River *Blackbird Creek * Brandywine Creek * Broad Creek *Broadkill River *Choptank River *Christina River *Delaware River *Hershey Run * Indian River *Leipsic River * Lingo Creek *Little River *Marshyhope Creek * Mill Creek *Mispillion River *Murderkill River * Naamans Creek *Nanticoke River * Pepper Creek *Pocomoke River *Red Clay Creek * St. Jones River *Sassafras River *Shellpot Creek * Simons River *Smyrna River *White Clay Creek All named streams (437) * Agricultural Ditch, Sussex County *Ake Ditch, Sussex County *Alapocas Run, New Castle County * Allabands_Mill_Stream,_ Allabands_Mill_Stream_(Isaac_Branch_tributary)">Allabands_Mill_Stream,_Kent_County,_Delaware">Kent_County *Alms_House_Ditch,__Sussex_County *Almshouse_Branch_(Isaac_Branch_tributary).html" ;"title="Kent_County,_Delaware.html" ;"title="Branch">Allabands Mill Stream (Isaac Allabands_Mill_ ...
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Rivers Of New Castle County, Delaware
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, ...
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