Prospect Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Prospect Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Prospect Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 4.61miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 17.86cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Browns Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1-mile west of Harrington, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.9209°N -75.6072°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 61feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles northwest of Adamsville, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8757°N -75.6488°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 39feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Bright Haines Glade Branch Point Branch |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Cornish Road, Hemping Road, DE 14 |
Prospect Branch is a 4.61miles long third-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
Prospect Branch rises on the Browns Branch divide about 1-mile west of Harrington, Delaware, and then flows generally southwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Adamsville, Delaware.[3]
Prospect Branch drains of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 6.85% forested.[2]