Tyndall Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Deep Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Tyndall Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Tyndall Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 3.58miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 20.53cuft/s at mouth with Deep Creek[2] |
Source1: | confluence of Stoney Branch and Asketum Branch |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Hardscrabble |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6233°N -75.4781°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 28feet[4] |
Mouth: | Deep Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles south-southwest of Old Furnace |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6542°N -75.5244°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 10feet |
Progression: | Deep Creek →Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Asketum Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Stoney Branch |
Waterbodies: | Fleetwood Pond |
Bridges: | US 9 Baker Mill Road Fleetwood Pond Road |
Tyndall Branch is a 3.58miles long 3rd order tributary to Deep Creek, in Sussex County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Tyndall Branch is formed at the confluence of Stoney Branch and Asketum Branch about 0.5 miles north of Hardscrabble in Sussex County, Delaware. Tyndall Branch then flows south-southwest to meet Deep Creek about 0.5 miles south-southwest of Old Furnace.[4]
Tyndall Branch drains of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 690.47 and is about 14.38% forested.[2]