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Stream in Delaware, USA
Matson Run
Tributary to Shellpot Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
CityBellefonte
Physical characteristics
SourceAlapocas Run divide
 • locationBlue Ball, Delaware
 • coordinates39°47′04″N 075°32′23″W / 39.78444°N 75.53972°W / 39.78444; -75.53972
 • elevation260 ft (79 m)
MouthShellpot Creek
 • locationBellefonte, Delaware
 • coordinates39°45′42″N 075°31′04″W / 39.76167°N 75.51778°W / 39.76167; -75.51778
 • elevation20 ft (6.1 m)
Length2.25 mi (3.62 km)
Basin size1.28 square miles (3.3 km)
Discharge 
 • locationShellpot Creek
 • average1.88 cu ft/s (0.053 m/s) at mouth with Shellpot Creek
Basin features
Progressiongenerally southeast
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesFoulk Road, Weldin Road, I-95, Miller Road, W Lea Boulevard (x2)

Matson Run is a 2.25 mi (3.62 km) long 1st order tributary to Shellpot Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:

  • Mattsons Run

Course

Matson Run rises in Blue Ball, Delaware and then flows southeast to join Shellpot Creek at Bellefonte, Delaware.

Watershed

Matson Run drains 1.28 square miles (3.3 km) of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 499.25, and is about 11% forested.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail – Matson Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Matson Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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