Slaughter Creek (Cedar Creek tributary)


Slaughter Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
Slaughter Creek rises on the Church Branch and North Prong divide about 0.25 miles northwest of Jefferson Crossroads, Delaware. Slaughter Creek then flows east and makes a turn northwest to meet Cedar Creek west of Slaughter Beach.

Watershed

Slaughter Creek drains of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 798.73 and is about 4% forested.