Stoney Creek (Delaware)
| Stony Creek Tributary to Delaware River | |
|---|---|
Stenkill Falls along Stony Creek | |
Location of Stony Creek Mouth Stoney Creek (Delaware) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Municipality | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Perkins Run divide |
| • location | Westwood, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°48′18″N 075°30′07″W / 39.80500°N 75.50194°W |
| • elevation | 340 ft (100 m) |
| Mouth | Delaware River |
• location | Bellevue, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°46′26″N 075°28′48″W / 39.77389°N 75.48000°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 4.7 mi (7.6 km) |
| Basin size | 2.36 square miles (6.1 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 3.37 cu ft/s (0.095 m3/s) at mouth with Stenkil Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southeast |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Fox Run (Delaware) (Flows through Forwood Preserve), Boulder Run (Delaware) flows through Bellevue State Park. |
| • right | Kallved Creek (Delaware) Name has Swedish origins, “kall” meaning cold and “ved” meaning wood. |
| Waterbodies | Bellevue Lake |
| Waterfalls | Stenkill Falls and Tukohtene Falls |
| Bridges | Marsh Road (Delaware Route 3) Veale Road Silverside Road I-95 Carr Road Philadelphia Pike US 13 I-495 |
Stoney Creek is a 2.76 mi (4.44 km) long second order tributary to the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware.