Cypress Branch Tributary to St. Jones River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Tidbury Creek divide |
• location | Whispering Pines, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°09′20″N 075°30′44″W / 39.15556°N 75.51222°W [1] |
• elevation | 25 ft (7.6 m) [2] |
Mouth | St. Jones River |
• location | about 1 mile south of Dover, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°06′05″N 075°28′16″W / 39.10139°N 75.47111°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
Length | 2.81 mi (4.52 km) [3] |
Basin size | 2.91 square miles (7.5 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | St. Jones River |
• average | 3.49 cu ft/s (0.099 m3/s) at mouth with St. Jones River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | St. Jones River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | St. Jones River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | South State Street, Cypress Branch Road |
Cypress Branch is a 2.81 mi (4.52 km) long 1st order tributary to St. Jones River in Kent County, Delaware.
Cypress Branch rises at Whispering Pines in Kent County, Delaware on the Tidbury Creek divide. Cypress Branch then flows northeasterly to meet the St. Jones River about 1 mile south of Dover, Delaware. [2]
Newell Branch drains 1.63 square miles (4.2 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 604.28 and is about 1.2% forested. [4]