Stoney Creek (Delaware)


Stoney Creek is a long second order tributary to the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  • Fransens Creek
  • Oele Fransens Creek
  • Tukohtene Creek
  • Quarry Creek
  • Quarryville Creek
  • Stenkill Creek
  • Stony Creek

Course and dam

Stoney Creek rises on the Perkins Run divide in Westwoods in New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to mouth at the Delaware River just north of Fox Point State Park. It passes through in Bellevue State Park. Tukohtene Falls is a ten-foot waterfall located in the park.
Bellevue Lake is a reservoir created by the impounding of Stoney Creek in 1936. it has a capacity of 100 millions gallons of water. Bellevue Lake is a remnant of the Old Bellevue Quarry, which was allowed to fill. It is miles across and covers. The reservoir supplied the Wilmington and Suburban Water Comopany, which was founded in 1933 and has since absorbed into Suez Water.

Watershed

Stony Creek has a stream segment length of 1 km. Its watershed drains of area, receives about of precipitation per year and 24 inches of snow annually. It has a topographic wetness index of 475.50, is about 17.6% forested, and a mean temperature of. Located in the deciduous and mixed forests. It is one of four major streams that empty into the Delaware River from the Piedmont in Delaware, the others are Shellpot Creek, Perkins Run and Naamans Creek.