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Double_Fork_Branch_(Marshyhope_Creek_tributary) Latitude and Longitude:
38°48′24.41″N 075°41′21.25″W / 38.8067806°N 75.6892361°W / 38.8067806; -75.6892361
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Double Fork Branch
Tributary to Marshyhope Creek
Map of Double Fork Branch mouth location
Map of Double Fork Branch mouth location
Location of Double Fork Branch mouth
Map of Double Fork Branch mouth location
Map of Double Fork Branch mouth location
Double Fork Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Physical characteristics
SourceCart Branch divide
 • locationabout 1-mile west-northwest of Greenwood, Delaware
 • coordinates 38°48′55.00″N 075°32′39.00″W / 38.8152778°N 75.5441667°W / 38.8152778; -75.5441667 [1]
 • elevation50 ft (15 m) [1]
Mouth Marshyhope Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles north of Woodenhawk, Delaware
 • coordinates
 38°48′24.41″N 075°41′21.25″W / 38.8067806°N 75.6892361°W / 38.8067806; -75.6892361 [1]
 • elevation
26 ft (7.9 m) [1]
Length3.03 mi (4.88 km) [2]
Basin size4.68 square miles (12.1 km2) [3]
Discharge 
 • location Marshyhope Creek
 • average5.74 cu ft/s (0.163 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek [3]
Basin features
Progression Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean [2]
River system Nanticoke River
Tributaries 
 • left Parker and Sampson Ditch
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesBlanchard Road, Double Fork Road

Double Fork Branch is a 3.03 mi (4.88 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.

Course

Double Fork Branch rises on the Cart Branch divide about 1-mile west-northwest of Greenwood, Delaware, and then flows generally west-southwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 0.5 miles north of Woodenhawk, Delaware. [1]

Watershed

Double Fork Branch drains 4.68 square miles (12.1 km2) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, and is about 12.2% forested. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

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