Exisiting Land Use by Sub-watershed — White Clay Creek Wild & Scenic River

(Acres/% Drainage Areas)
	West Branch	Middle Branch	East Branch above Avondale	East Branch below Avondale	Mill Creek	Pike Creek	Middle Run	Main Stem above Newark	Main Stem below Newark
Single Family Residential	1,141ac	1,664ac	764ac	1,943ac	4,089ac	2,365ac	517ac	979ac	2,403ac
	18%	16%	6%	21%	49%	56%	21%	15%	26%
Multi-Family Residential	0	0	0	0	360ac	319ac	1ac	132ac	553ac
					4%	8%	<1%	2%	2%
Office	0	0	0	0	92ac	0	3ac	100ac	265ac
					1%		<1%	2%	2%
Industrial	0	0	6ac	60ac	0	0	0	8ac	173ac
			<1%	<1%				<1%	2%
Transportation/	86ac	95ac	243ac	11ac	256ac	102ac	57ac	37ac	817ac
Utility	1%	<1%	2%	<1%	3%	2%	2%	<1%	9%
Commercial	28ac	51ac	139ac	70ac	364ac	67ac	12ac	11ac	1,281ac
	<1%	<1%	1%	1%	4%	2%	<1%	<1%	14%
Institutional	37ac	5ac	20ac	40ac	395ac	103ac	35ac	78ac	583ac
	1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	5%	2%	1%	1%	6%
Wooded/Public &	1,708ac	2,530ac	2,838ac	2,992ac	1,823ac	938ac	1,131ac	3,815ac	183ac
Private Open Space	1%	25%	24%	33%	22%	22%	45%	59%	23%
Agriculture	3,377ac	5,673ac	7,820ac	3,836ac	910ac	358ac	736ac	1,273ac	676ac
	52%	56%	65%	42%	11%	8%	30%	20%	7%
Mining	0	0	0	3ac	0	0	0	0	0
				<1%
Water	5ac	58ac	50ac	103ac	0	0	0	50ac	381ac
	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%				1%	4%
Vacant	133ac	83ac	116ac	110ac	0	0	0	0	0
	2%	<1%	1%	1%
Source: Water Resources Agency for New Castle County, White Clay Creek, Wild & Scenic River Study, Land Use Map, dated April 24, 1995.