Jones Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Jones Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Jones Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 2.39miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.9cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Bridgeville Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | Jacobs Crossroads, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.7496°N -75.688°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 48feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile east of Smithville, Maryland |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.7682°N -75.7144°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 20feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Atlanta Road (x2), Sand Hill Road |
Jones Branch is a 2.39miles long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
Jones Branch rises on the Bridgeville Branch divide at Jacobs Crossroads, Delaware, and then flows generally northwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 1-mile east of Smithville, Maryland.[3]
Jones Branch drains of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, and is about 26.06% forested.[2]