Puckum Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Maryland#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puckum Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Puckum Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Maryland |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Dorchester |
Length: | 3.99miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 4.04cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Gales Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 4 miles northeast of Eldorado, Maryland |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6192°N -75.7628°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 40feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile east of Ennalls, Maryland |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6021°N -75.8199°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Eldorado-Federalsburg Road, Puckum Road |
Puckum Branch is a 3.99miles long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Puckum Branch rises about northeast of Eldorado, Maryland and then flows west-southwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 1 mile east of Ennalls, Maryland.[3]
Puckum Branch drains of area, receives about 44.4 in/year of precipitation and is about 22.74% forested.[2]