Point Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Prospect Branch |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Point Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Point Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 3.45miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Prospect Branch |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.49cuft/s at mouth with Prospect Branch[2] |
Source1: | Booth Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1-mile southeast of Andrewsville, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.8548°N -75.6135°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 62feet |
Mouth: | Prospect Branch |
Mouth Location: | about 1-mile south-southeast of Vernon, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8796°N -75.6438°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 39feet |
Progression: | Prospect Branch → Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Andrewville Road, Prospect Church Road |
Point Branch is a 3.45miles long first-order tributary to Prospect Branch in Kent County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Point Branch rises on the Booth Branch divide about 1-mile southeast of Andrewsville, Delaware, and then flows south and west to join Prospect Branch about 1-mile south-southeast of Vernon, Delaware.[3]
Point Branch drains of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 1% forested.[2]