title: Spears Creek (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
text: # Spears Creek (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
  
  Spears Creek is a 1.03 mi (1.66 km) long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland.
  
  ## Course
  
  Spears Creek rises about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Brookview, Maryland and then flows northeast to join Marshyhope Creek about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) southeast of Brookview, Maryland.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Spears Creek drains 1.17 square miles (3.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 44.1 in/year of precipitation, and is about 21.26% forested.
  
  