Beaverdam Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaverdam Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Beaverdam Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 2.89miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.26cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Price Prong divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1-mile east-southeast of Brownsville, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.935°N -75.6708°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 60feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | McKnatts Corner, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.9062°N -75.6463°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 43feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Whiteleysburg Road, Fox Hunters Road |
Beaverdam Branch is a 2.89miles long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
Beaverdam Branch rises on the Price Prong divide about 1-mile east-southeast of Brownsville, Delaware, and then flows generally southeast to join Marshyhope Creek at McKnatts Corner, Delaware.[3]
Beaverdam Branch drains of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, and is about 8.42% forested.[2]