Beaver Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Blackbird Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Beaver Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Beaver Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | New Castle |
Length: | 2.41miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Blackbird Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.55cuft/s at mouth with Blackbird Creek[2] |
Source1: | On divide between Beaver Branch and Appoquinimink River |
Source1 Location: | Pine Tree Corners, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.4086°N -75.6583°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 55feet[4] |
Mouth: | Blackbird Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Blackbird Landing, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.3956°N -75.6192°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Delaware River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Union Church Road |
Beaver Branch is a 2.41adj=midNaNadj=mid tributary to Blackbird Creek in southern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States.
Beaver Branch rises just east of Pine Tree Corners in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to meet Blackbird Creek northeast of Blackbird Landing.
The Beaver Branch watershed is about 13% forested and 63% agricultural with the rest being other land uses. The watershed receives approximately 43.2 in/year of precipitation and has a topographic wetness index of 562.53.[2]