Wrights Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Maryland#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wrights Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Wrights Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Maryland |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Dorchester |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Hurlock |
Length: | 2.67miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.24cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Cabin Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Hurlock, Maryland |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6398°N -75.8572°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 40feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles southeast of Hurlock, Maryland |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6104°N -75.8244°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: | Nealson Street, Delaware Avenue, Travers Avenue, Skeet Club Road, Palmer Mill Road |
Wrights Branch is a 2.67miles long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Wright Branch rises in Hurlock, Maryland and then flows southeast to join Marshyhope Creek about southeast of Hurlock, Maryland.[3]
Wrights Branch drains of area, receives about 44.4 in/year of precipitation and is about 2.70% forested.[2]