Fishing Branch Tributary to Mispillion River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Parnell Branch and Old Baptist Church Branch |
• location | about 1 mile east of Spring Hill, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°58′07″N 075°25′01″W / 38.96861°N 75.41694°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
Mouth | Mispillion River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Harrings Corners, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°57′20″N 075°23′37″W / 38.95556°N 75.39361°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
Length | 1.90 mi (3.06 km) [3] |
Basin size | 4.73 square miles (12.3 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Mispillion River |
• average | 5.91 cu ft/s (0.167 m3/s) at mouth with Mispillion River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Mispillion River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Mispillion River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Parnell Branch |
• right | Old Baptist Church Branch |
Bridges | Thompsonville Road, Big Stone Beach Road |
Fishing Branch is a 1.90 mi (3.06 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Mispillion River in Kent County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Fishing Branch forms at the confluence of Parnell Branch and Old Baptist Church Branch about 1 mile east of Spring Hill, Delaware. Fishing Branch then flows southeast to meet the Mispillion River about 1.5 miles southeast of Herrings Corners, Delaware. [2]
Fishing Branch drains 4.73 square miles (12.3 km2) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 596.10 and is about 8.3% forested. [4]