Stallion Head Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Gum Branch |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Stallion Head Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Stallion Head Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 2.16miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Gum Branch |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.38cuft/s at mouth with Gum Branch[2] |
Source1: | Johnson Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1.5 miles southeast of Staytonville, Delaware[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.8256°N -75.5006°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 50feet |
Mouth: | Gum Branch |
Mouth Location: | about 0.75 miles southwest of Oakley, Delaware[5] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8236°N -75.5006°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 38feet |
Progression: | Gum Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Century Farm Road, DE 16, Oak Road |
Stallion Head Branch is a 3.16miles long 1st tributary to Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[4]
Stallion Head Branch rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Staytonville, Delaware[3] and then flows south to join Gum Branch about 0.75 miles southwest of Oakley, Delaware.[5]
Stallion Head Branch drains of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 757.38 and is about 4% forested.[2]