Cattail Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Saulsbury Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cattail Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Cattail Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 5.85miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Saulsbury Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 8.83cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Green Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile west-northwest of Layton Corners, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.9073°N -75.7094°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 60feet |
Mouth: | Saulsbury Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Adamsville, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8384°N -75.6919°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 36feet |
Progression: | Saulsbury Creek → Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Layton Corners Road, DE 14, High Stump Road, Cattail Branch Road |
Cattail Branch is a 5.85miles long third-order tributary to Saulsbury Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Cattail Branch rises on the Green Branch divide about 1-mile west-northwest of Layton Corners, Delaware, and then flows generally south to join Saulsbury Creek about 0.5 miles north of Adamsville, Delaware.[3]
Cattail Branch drains of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, and is about 5.83% forested.[2]