Slaughter Creek (Cedar Creek tributary)

Slaughter Creek is a 9.92 mi 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 sqmi of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 798.73 and is about 4% forested.