• Source: Stoney Creek (Delaware)

Stoney Creek is a 2.76 mi (4.44 km) long second order tributary to the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware.




Variant names


According to the Geographic Names Information System, 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 and flows southeast to mouth at the Delaware River just north of Fox Point State Park. 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) It is 0.2 miles (0.32 km) miles across and covers 11 acres (4.5 ha). 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 1 km. Its watershed drains 2.36 square miles (6.1 km2) of area, receives about 46.8 inches (119 cm) of precipitation per year and 24 inches of snow annually. It has a topographic wetness index of 475.50, is about 17.6% forested, and a mean temperature of 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). Located in the deciduous and mixed forests. It is one of four major streams that empty into the Delaware River from the Piedmont in Delaware, the others are Shellpot Creek, Perkins Run and Naamans Creek.




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See also


List of rivers of Delaware




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stoney Creek
• Stoney Creek (Delaware)
• Stoney Creek (Pennsylvania)
• Battle of Stoney Creek
• Stony Brook
• Stoney Creek Secondary
• Tyndall Branch (Deep Creek tributary)
• Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• List of rivers of Delaware
• List of Delaware River tributaries