Rum Bridge Branch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Raccoon Ditch divide |
• location | McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′02″N 075°26′32″W / 38.66722°N 75.44222°W / 38.66722; -75.44222 |
• elevation | 40 ft (12 m) |
Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′35″N 075°29′13″W / 38.67639°N 75.48694°W / 38.67639; -75.48694 |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Length | 2.63 mi (4.23 km) |
Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Deep Creek |
• average | 3.11 cu ft/s (0.088 m/s) at mouth with Deep Creek |
Basin features | |
Progression | Deep Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Raccoon Ditch Road, Rum Bridge Road |
Rum Bridge Branch is a 2.63 mi (4.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Course
Rum Bridge Branch rises on the Raccoon Branch divide at McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware, and then flows west-northwest to join Deep Creek about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace.
Watershed
Rum Bridge Branch drains 2.53 square miles (6.6 km) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 667.16, and is about 33% forested.
See also
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Rum Bridge Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Rum Bridge Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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