Agricultural Ditch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Dirickson Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Agricultural Ditch mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Agricultural Ditch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 3.93miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.58cuft/s at mouth with Dirickson Creek[2] |
Source1: | McCray Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles northwest of Roxana, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.5103°N -75.1775°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 30feet[4] |
Mouth: | Dirickson Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles north of Fenwick West, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.4922°N -75.1289°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | generally southeast |
River System: | Little Assawoman Bay |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | DE 20 Bennett Road DE 17 DE 370 Bayard Road Old Mill Bridge Road |
Agricultural Ditch is a 3.93miles long 2nd order tributary to Dirickson Creek, in Sussex County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Agricultural Ditch rises on the McCray Branch divide about 0.25 miles northwest of Roxana in Sussex County, Delaware. Agricultural Ditch then flows generally southeast to meet Dirickson Creek about 0.25 miles north of Fenwick West, Delaware.[4]
Agricultural Ditch drains of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 721.07 and is about 7.3% forested.[2]