Drawyer Creek (Appoquinimink River tributary)

Drawyer Creek is a 6.26 mi (10.07 km) long tributary to Delaware Bay in New Castle County, Delaware. Drawyer Creek is a mostly tidal tributary to the Appoquinimink River and is non-tidal above Shallcross Lake. Old Drawyers Church, a historic church, is located to the south of the creek.

Drawyer Creek
Tributary to Delaware Bay
Bluff above Drawyer Creek in 2008
Location of mouth in Delaware
Location of mouth in United States
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Drawyer Creek and Back Creek
 • locationMeadowbrook Farms, Delaware[1]
 • coordinates39°30′13″N 075°42′19″W[2]
 • elevation70 ft (21 m)[1]
MouthDelaware Bay
 • location
about 1 northeast of Odessa, Delaware[1]
 • coordinates
39°27′57″N 075°42′19″W[2]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[1]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally southeast
River systemDelaware Bay
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries

See also
  • List of Delaware rivers

References
  1. "Drawyer Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Middletown Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. "GNIS Detail - Drawyer Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 31 July 2019.



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