Stony Bar Creek is a long first-order tributary to
Marshyhope Creek in
Dorchester County, Maryland
Dorchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. At the 2020 census, the population was 32,531. Its county seat is Cambridge. The county was formed in 1669 and named for the Earl of Dorset, a family friend of the Calvert ...
. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Little Indian Creek
Course
Stony Bar Creek rises about northeast of Reids Grove, Maryland and then flows east-southeast to join
Marshyhope Creek about northeast of Walnut Landing, Maryland.
Watershed
Stony Bar Creek drains of area, receives about 44.0 in/year of precipitation and is about 17.85% forested.
See also
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List of Maryland rivers
List of rivers of Maryland (U.S. state).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream.
By drainage basin
Delaware River
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References
Rivers of Maryland
Rivers of Dorchester County, Maryland
Tributaries of the Nanticoke River
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