Primehook Creek (Broadkill River tributary)

Primehook Creek is a 7.85 mi (12.63 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Broadkill River in Sussex County, Delaware.

Primehook Creek Tributary to Broadkill River
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Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of North Prong, Sowbridge Branch, and Ingram Branch
• location	Waples Pond
• coordinates	38°49′32″N 075°18′22″W[1]
• elevation	4 ft (1.2 m)[2]
Mouth	Broadkill River
• location	Broadkill Beach, Delaware
• coordinates	38°50′04″N 075°13′20″W[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length	7.85 mi (12.63 km)[3]
Basin size	28.16 square miles (72.9 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Broadkill River
• average	33.99 cu ft/s (0.962 m3/s) at mouth with Broadkill River[4]
Basin features
Progression	Broadkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Broadkill River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	Deep Branch
Bridges	none

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Prime Hook Creek
• Prune Hook Creek

Course

Primehook Creek forms at the confluence of North Prong, Sowbridge Branch, and Ingram Branch in Waples Pond. Primehook Creek then flows generally east to meet the Broadkill River at Broadkill Beach.^[2]

Watershed

Primehook Creek drains 28.16 square miles (72.9 km²) of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 719.80 and is about 13% forested.^[4] Primehook Creek is covered by a large Red Maple-Alder Swamp that maybe now mostly dead from saltwater intrusion.