Slaughter Creek (Cedar Creek tributary)
# Slaughter Creek (Cedar Creek tributary)

Slaughter Creek is a 9.92 mi (15.96 km) long 3rd order tributary to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.

## Variant names

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

* Slaughter Beach Canal
* Slaughter Neck Ditch

## Course

Slaughter Creek rises on the Church Branch and North Prong divide about 0.25 miles northwest of Jefferson Crossroads, Delaware. Slaughter Creek then flows east and makes a turn northwest to meet Cedar Creek west of Slaughter Beach.

## Watershed

Slaughter Creek drains 15.88 square miles (41.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 798.73 and is about 4% forested.

