Tommy Wright Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Maryland#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tommy Wright Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Tommy Wright Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Maryland |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Caroline |
Length: | 5.99miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 14.73cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Mill Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.75 miles north-northeast of Concord, Maryland |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.8132°N -75.7802°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 55feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 2.5 miles southwest of Smithville, Maryland |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.7584°N -75.7388°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 16feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Smithville Ditch |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Smithville Lake |
Bridges: | Trice Road, Possum Hill Road, Bloomery Road |
Tommy Wright Branch is a 5.99miles long third-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Caroline County, Maryland. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Tommy Wright Branch rises about north-northeast of Concord, Maryland and then flows southeast and turns southwest to join Marshyhope Creek about southwest of Smithville, Maryland.[3]
Tommy Wright Branch drains of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, and is about 11.68% forested.[2]