title: Little Creek (Broad Creek tributary)
text: # Little Creek (Broad Creek tributary)
  
  Little Creek is a 3.63 mi (5.84 km) long 3rd order tributary to Broad Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Meadow Branch
  
  ## Course
  
  Little Creek is formed at the confluence of Meadow Branch and Holly Branch about 1 mile south of Laurel, Delaware and then flows north into Broad Creek at Laurel.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Little Creek drains 17.36 square miles (45.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 746.39 and is about 10% forested.
  
  