Blackbird Creek (Delaware)
| Blackbird Creek Tributary to Delaware Bay | |
|---|---|
Blackbird Creek at Blackbird Reserve | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| City | Townsend |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | On the watershed divide between Blackbird Creek and the Chester River |
| • location | Dexter Corners, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°19′25″N 075°41′46″W / 39.32361°N 75.69611°W |
| • elevation | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Mouth | 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
• location | Taylors Bridge, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°26′19″N 075°34′27″W / 39.43861°N 75.57417°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 16.28 mi (26.20 km) |
| Basin size | 8,022 ha |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Barlow Branch Herring Run Beaver Branch |
| • right | Sandom Branch Fishing Creek Mill Creek Gravel Gut |
| Waterbodies | Blackbird Pond |
| Bridges | Greenspring Road Oliver Guessford Road Railroad Crossing Blackbird Station Road US 13 Blackbird Landing Road DE 9 |
Blackbird Creek is a 16.9-mile-long (27.2 km) river in northern Delaware in the United States.