Guinea Creek is a long 1st order tributary to Herring Creek in
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...
, United States.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
*Goldsmith Branch
Course
Guinea Creek rises on the Emily Gut divide, about 0.1 miles southeast of Holiday Pines in
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...
. Guinea Creek then flows generally east to meet Herring Creek about 0.5 miles southwest of Angola Landing.
Watershed
Guinea Creek drains of area, receives about 44.9 in/year of precipitation, has a
topographic wetness index of 635.57 and is about 24.6% 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 (Christina River tributary), Brandywine Creek
*Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributa ...
References
Rivers of Delaware
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