Fishing Creek (Blackbird Creek tributary)

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| name = Fishing Creek

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| name_other = Tributary to Blackbird Creek

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| map_caption = Mouth of Fishing Creek

| map_alt = Map of Fishing Creek mouth

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = Delaware

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = New Castle

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| length = {{convert|1.44|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=2 March 2020}}

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|0.65|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Blackbird Creek{{cite web |title=Fishing Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=4653754 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=2 March 2020}}

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| source1 = Cedar Swamp divide

| source1_location = about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|39|24|49|N|075|35|18|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Fishing Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:213962,Fishing%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=2 March 2020}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Blackbird Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Taylors Bridge Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/delaware/new-castle-de/stream/blackbird-creek/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=2 March 2020 |language=en}}

| mouth = Blackbird Creek

| mouth_location = about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware

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| progression = Blackbird CreekDelaware BayAtlantic Ocean

| river_system = Blackbird Creek

| basin_size = {{convert|0.58|sqmi}}

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Fishing Creek is a {{convert|2.19|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 1st order tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This creek is entirely tidal for its course.

Course

Fishing Creek rises on the Cedar Swamp divide about 0.5 miles north of Taylors Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. Fishing Creek then flows northwest to meet Blackbird Creek about 2 miles north of Taylors Bridge, Delaware.

Watershed

Fishing Creek drains {{convert|0.58|sqmi}} of area, receives about 43.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 792.29 and is about 4.7% forested.

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