Green Spring Branch Tributary to Duck Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
City | Smyrna |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sawmill Branch divide |
• location | about 1 northeast of Green Spring, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°20′11″N 075°38′58″W / 39.33639°N 75.64944°W [1] |
• elevation | 50 ft (15 m) [2] |
Mouth | Duck Creek (Duck Creek Pond) |
• location | Smyrna, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°18′29″N 075°32′41″W / 39.30806°N 75.54472°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
Length | 2.91 mi (4.68 km) [3] |
Basin size | 4.22 square miles (10.9 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 5.07 cu ft/s (0.144 m3/s) at mouth with Duck Creek [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Smyrna River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Massey Branch |
Bridges | Clark Farm Road, Vandyke Greenspring Road |
Green Spring Branch is a 2.91 mi (4.68 km) long 2nd order tributary to Duck Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Green Spring Branch rises on the Sawmill Branch divide about 1 mile northeast of Green Spring, Delaware. [2]
Green Spring Branch drains 4.22 square miles (10.9 km2) of area, receives about 44.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 605.67 and is about 4.9% forested. [4]