Goslee Creek (Love Creek tributary)
| Goslee Creek Tributary to Love Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Black Hog Gut divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles north of Jimtown, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°44′11″N 075°10′57″W / 38.73639°N 75.18250°W[1] |
| • elevation | 14 ft (4.3 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Love Creek |
• location | Goslee Millpond |
• coordinates | 38°43′26″N 075°11′16″W / 38.72389°N 75.18778°W[1] |
• elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.38 mi (2.22 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 3.65 square miles (9.5 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 4.41 cu ft/s (0.125 m3/s) at mouth with Love Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | south-southwest |
| River system | Rehoboth Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Jimtown Road |
Goslee Creek is a 1.38 mi (2.22 km) long 1st order tributary to Love Creek, in Sussex County, Delaware.
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Gosling Creek
Course
[edit]Goslee Creek rises on the Black Hog Gut divide about 0.25 miles north of Jimtown in Sussex County, Delaware. Goslee Creek then flows south-southwest to meet Love Creek within Goslee Millpond.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Goslee Creek drains 3.65 square miles (9.5 km2) of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 653.10 and is about 10.3% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Goslee Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Goslee Creek Topo Map, Sussex County DE (Fairmount Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Goslee Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
