Batson Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Dirickson Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Batson Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Batson Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 2.09miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.55cuft/s at mouth with Dirickson Creek[2] |
Source1: | Agricultural Ditch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles northeast of Roxana, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.5011°N -75.1625°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 21feet[4] |
Mouth: | Dirickson Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.1 miles north of Johnson, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.4806°N -75.1356°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | southeast |
River System: | Little Assawoman Bay |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Wilgus Cemetery Road Evans Road Bayard Road |
Batson Branch is a 2.09miles 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]
Batson Branch rises on the Agricultural Ditch divide about 0.25 miles northeast of Roxana in Sussex County, Delaware. Batson Branch then flows southeast to meet Dirickson Creek about 0.1 miles north of Johnson, Delaware.[4]
Batson Branch drains of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 630.22 and is about 8.2% forested.[2]