Stoney Creek is a long
second order tributary to the
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...
in
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 ...
.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Fransens Creek
*Oele Fransens Creek
*Tukohtene Creek
*Quarry Creek
*Quarryville Creek
*Stenkill Creek
*Stony Creek
Course and dam
Stoney Creek rises on the
Perkins Run divide in Westwoods in
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 ...
and flows southeast to mouth at the Delaware River just north of
Fox Point State Park
Fox Point State Park is a Delaware state park on along the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. The park, which opened in 1995, has been built atop a former hazardous waste site that has been rehabilitated under a ...
.
It passes through in
Bellevue State Park. Tukohtene Falls (Lenape for round mountain) is a ten-foot waterfall located in the park.
Bellevue Lake is a reservoir created by the impounding of Stoney Creek in 1936. it has a capacity of 100 millions gallons of water. Bellevue Lake is a remnant of the Old Bellevue Quarry, which was allowed to fill. (The harvested stone was used to build the
Delaware Breakwater
The Delaware Breakwater is a set of breakwaters east of Lewes, Delaware on Cape Henlopen that form Lewes Harbor. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.
The original and breakwaters were built in 1828 ...
) It is miles across and covers . The reservoir supplied the Wilmington and Suburban Water Comopany, which was founded in 1933 and has since absorbed into
Suez Water.
Watershed
Stony Creek has a stream segment length of 1km. Its watershed drains of area, receives about of precipitation per year, has
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 475.50, is about 17.6% forested, and a mean temperature of . Located in the deciduous and mixed forests. It is one of four major streams that empty into the
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...
from the
Piedmont
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in
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
, the others are
Shellpot Creek
Shellpot Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in northeast New Castle County, Delaware. The stream rises between Grubb Road and Shipley Road, south of Naaman's Road at in Brandywine Hundred and flows southeast for about six miles before di ...
,
Perkins Run and
Naamans Creek
Naamans Creek (spelled Naaman Creek on federal maps) is a tributary of the Delaware River in northeast New Castle County, Delaware and southeast Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The stream rises near the intersection of Foulk Road and Naamans Cree ...
.
Images
File:Fox Falls - DE.jpg, Tukohtene Falls
File:Stenkil Creek in Delaware.jpg, Stony Creek (February 2019)
Eagle Falls (Winter).jpg, Stenkill Falls
Stenkill Falls Flooded after a large Rainstorm.jpg, Stenkill Falls flooded
File:Stony Creek in the Winter.jpg, Near Allen Tract Park
File:Rocks in Carcroft Crest Park.jpg, Rocks in Carcroft Crest Park
See also
*
List of rivers of Delaware
References
Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware
Tributaries of the Delaware River
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