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Goslee Creek
Other name(s) Tributary to Love Creek
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Physical characteristics
Main source Black Hog Gut divide
about 0.25 miles north of Jimtown, Delaware
14 ft (4.3 m)
River mouth Love Creek
Goslee Millpond
3 ft (0.91 m)
Length 1.38 mi (2.22 km)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    4.41 cu ft/s (0.125 m3/s) at mouth with Love Creek
Basin features
Progression south-southwest
River system Rehoboth Bay
Basin size 3.65 square miles (9.5 km2)
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

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:

  • Gosling Creek

Course

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.

Watershed

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.

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