Burrows Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Red Clay Creek |
Image Alt: | Image of Burrows Run in Delaware |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Burrows Run mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Burrows Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | New Castle |
Length: | 4.73miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.28cuft/s at mouth with Red Clay Creek[2] |
Source1: | Craigs Mill Run divide |
Source1 Location: | Pond at Mendenhall, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.8519°N -75.6444°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 325feet[4] |
Mouth: | Red Clay Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles east of Ashland, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.7978°N -75.6369°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 135feet |
Progression: | Red Clay Creek → White Clay Creek → Christina River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Christina River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Shadowbrook Pond |
Bridges: | Burrows Run Road, Spring Mill Road, Burnt Mill Road, Center Mill Road, Snuff Mill Road, Old Kennett Road, Way Road |
Burrows Run is a 4.73miles long 2nd order tributary to Red Clay Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Burrows Run rises on the Craigs Mill Run divide at Mendenhall in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Burrows Run then flows south into Delaware to meet Red Clay Creek about 0.25 miles east of Ashland, Delaware.[4]
Burrows Run drains of area, receives about 48.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 393.10 and is about 37.5% forested.[2]