Almshouse Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Isaac Branch |
Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Almshouse Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 3.16miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Isaac Branch |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.78cuft/s at mouth with Isaac Branch[2] |
Source1: | divide between Almshouse Branch and Cow Marsh Ditch (Choptank River) |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles southwest of Camden, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.0856°N -75.5986°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 62feet[4] |
Mouth: | Isaac Branch |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles west of Wyoming, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.1228°N -75.5858°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 30feet |
Progression: | Issac Branch → St. Jones River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | St. Jones River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Thicket Road, Westville Road |
Almshouse Branch is a 3.16miles long 1st order tributary to Isaac Branch in Kent County, Delaware.
Almshouse Branch rises about 3 miles southwest of Camden in Kent County, Delaware on the Cow Marsh Ditch divide. Almshouse Branch then flows north to meet Isaac Branch about 2 miles west of Wyoming, Delaware.[4]
Almshouse Branch drains of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 629.58 and is about 5% forested.[2]