Spring Branch (Murderkill River tributary)
Spring Branch Tributary to Murderkill River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fan Branch divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Felton, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°59′32″N 075°33′59″W / 38.99222°N 75.56639°W[1] |
• elevation | 53 ft (16 m)[2] |
Mouth | Murderkill River |
• location | about 0.5 miles southeast of Roesville, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°59′23″N 075°31′26″W / 38.98972°N 75.52389°W[1] |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] |
Length | 2.63 mi (4.23 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.69 square miles (7.0 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Murderkill River |
• average | 3.30 cu ft/s (0.093 m3/s) at mouth with Murderkill River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Murderkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Murderkill River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | US 13, Chimney Hill Road, Scrap Tavern Road |
Spring Branch is a 2.63 mi (4.23 km) long 1st order tributary to the Murderkill River in Kent County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Spring Branch rises on the Fan Branch divide about 1 mile south of Felton, Delaware. Spring Branch then flows east to meet the Murderkill River about 0.5 miles southeast of Roesville, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Spring Branch drains 2.69 square miles (7.0 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 569.99 and is about 9.8% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]Maps
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Course_and_Watershed_of_Spring_Branch_%28Murderkill_River_tributary%29.gif/220px-Course_and_Watershed_of_Spring_Branch_%28Murderkill_River_tributary%29.gif)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Spring Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Spring Branch Topo Map, Kent County DE (Harrington Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Spring Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 March 2020.