Fishing Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Mispillion River |
Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fishing Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 1.9miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Mispillion River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 5.91cuft/s at mouth with Mispillion River[2] |
Source1: | confluence of Parnell Branch and Old Baptist Church Branch |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile east of Spring Hill, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.9686°N -75.4169°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 0feet[4] |
Mouth: | Mispillion River |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles southeast of Harrings Corners, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.9556°N -75.3936°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Mispillion River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Mispillion River |
Tributaries Left: | Parnell Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Old Baptist Church Branch |
Bridges: | Thompsonville Road, Big Stone Beach Road |
Fishing Branch is a 1.9miles long 2nd order tributary to the Mispillion River in Kent County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Fishing Branch forms at the confluence of Parnell Branch and Old Baptist Church Branch about 1 mile east of Spring Hill, Delaware. Fishing Branch then flows southeast to meet the Mispillion River about 1.5 miles southeast of Herrings Corners, Delaware.[4]
Fishing Branch drains of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 596.10 and is about 8.3% forested.[2]