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Stream in Delaware, USA
Beaver Gut Ditch
Tributary to St. Jones River
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyKent
Physical characteristics
SourceThorndyk Branch divide
 • locationPond about 0.25 miles west of Magnolia, Delaware
 • coordinates39°04′26″N 075°29′03″W / 39.07389°N 75.48417°W / 39.07389; -75.48417
 • elevation20 ft (6.1 m)
MouthSt. Jones River
 • locationFlorence, Delaware
 • coordinates39°05′09″N 075°29′03″W / 39.08583°N 75.48417°W / 39.08583; -75.48417
 • elevation0 ft (0 m)
Length1.36 mi (2.19 km)
Basin size1.79 square miles (4.6 km)
Discharge 
 • locationSt. Jones River
 • average2.14 cu ft/s (0.061 m/s) at mouth with St. Jones River
Basin features
Progressionnortheast
River systemSt. Jones River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesSouth State Street, Ponderosa Drive

Beaver Gut Ditch is a 1.36 mi (2.19 km) long 1st order tributary to St. Jones River in Kent County, Delaware.

Course

Beaver Gut Ditch rises in a pond on the Thorndyk Branch divide about 0.25 miles west of Magnolia in Kent County, Delaware. Beaver Gut Ditch then flows northeast to meet the St. Jones River at Florence, Delaware.

Watershed

Beaver Gut Ditch drains 1.79 square miles (4.6 km) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 579.16 and is about 5.1% forested.

See also

Maps

Course and Watershed of Beaver Gut Ditch (St. Jones River tributary)

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Beaver Gut Ditch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Beaver Gut Ditch Topo Map, Kent County DE (Frederica Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Beaver Gut Ditch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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