Asketum Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Tyndall Branch |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Asketum Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Asketum Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 2.23miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.75cuft/s at mouth with Tyndall Branch[2] |
Source1: | Shoal Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles southeast of Jones Crossroads |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6003°N -75.4361°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 54feet[4] |
Mouth: | Tyndall Branch |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Hardscrabble |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6233°N -75.4781°W[5] |
Mouth Elevation: | 30feet |
Progression: | northwest |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Hardscrabble Road E Trap Pond Road James Road Hardscrabble Road Beaver Dam Branch |
Asketum Branch is a 2.23miles long 1st order tributary to Tyndall Branch, in Sussex County, Delaware.
Asketum Branch rises on the Shoal Branch divide about 0.25 miles southeast of Jones Crossroads in Sussex County, Delaware. Asketum Branch then flows northwest to meet Tyndall Branch about 0.5 miles north of Hardscrabble.[4]
Asketum Branch drains of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 665.35 and is about 10.35% forested.[2]