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Smithville Ditch Tributary to Tommy Wright Branch
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Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Caroline
Physical characteristics
Source	Short and Hall Ditch divide
• location	about 5 miles southeast of Denton, Maryland
• coordinates	38°49′14.00″N 075°44′14.00″W / 38.8205556°N 75.7372222°W / 38.8205556; -75.7372222
• elevation	52 ft (16 m)
Mouth	Tommy Wright Branch
• location	about 1.5 miles west-northwest of Smithville, Maryland
• coordinates	38°47′30.41″N 075°44′20.75″W / 38.7917806°N 75.7390972°W / 38.7917806; -75.7390972
• elevation	33 ft (10 m)
Length	2.26 mi (3.64 km)
Basin size	3.43 square miles (8.9 km)
Discharge
• location	Tommy Wright Branch
• average	4.06 cu ft/s (0.115 m/s) at mouth with Tommy Wright Branch
Basin features
Progression	Tommy Wright Branch → Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Nanticoke River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Melvin Road, Bullock Road, MD 404, Line Road

Smithville Ditch is a 2.26 mi (3.64 km) long second-order tributary to Tommy Wright Branch in Caroline County, Maryland. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Course

Smithville Ditch rises about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Denton, Maryland, and then flows generally south to join Tommy Wright Branch about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) west-southwest of Smithville, Maryland.

Watershed

Smithville Ditch drains 3.43 square miles (8.9 km) of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, and is about 12.11% forested.

See also

• List of Maryland rivers

References

1. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
2. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
3. ^ "Smithville Ditch Watershed Report". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

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