Double Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Spring Creek |
Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Double Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 6.65miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Spring Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.18cuft/s at mouth with Spring Creek[2] |
Source1: | Heron Drain divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles north of Breezewood, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.0553°N -75.5664°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 50feet[4] |
Mouth: | Spring Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles north of Frederica, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.0281°N -75.4806°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Spring Creek → Murderkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Murderkill River |
Tributaries Left: | Thorndyk Branch |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | US 13, Barney Jenkins Road, Peachtree Run, Woodlytown Road, Irish Hill Road, Barretts Chapel Road |
Double Run is a 6.65miles long 2nd order tributary to Spring Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Double Run rises on the Heron Drain divide about 0.25 miles north of Breezewood, Delaware. Double Run then flows east then southeast to meet Spring Creek about 1.5 miles north of Frederica, Delaware.[4]
Double Run drains of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 575.19 and is about 9.7% forested.[2]