Mill Branch (Tussocky Branch tributary)
Mill Branch Tributary to Tussocky Branch | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Tussocky Branch divide |
• location | Ralphs, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 38°30′03″N 075°38′40″W / 38.50083°N 75.64444°W[1] |
• elevation | 48 ft (15 m)[2] |
Mouth | Tussocky Branch |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Ralphs, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 38°31′14″N 075°38′00″W / 38.52056°N 75.63333°W[1] |
• elevation | 33 ft (10 m)[3] |
Length | 1.70 mi (2.74 km)[4] |
Basin size | 1.73 square miles (4.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Tussocky Branch |
• average | 2.01 cu ft/s (0.057 m3/s) at mouth with Tussocky Branch[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tussocky Branch → Broad Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | DE 24 |
Mill Branch is a 1.70 mi (2.74 km) long 1st order tributary to Tussocky Branch in Sussex County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Mill Branch rises in Ralphs, Delaware[2] and then flows northerly into Tussocky Branch about 0.5 miles north of Ralphs, Delaware.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Mill Branch drains 1.73 square miles (4.5 km2) of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 816.27 and is about 20% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Mill Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mill Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.