Guthrie Branch Tributary to C and D Canal | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Long Creek divide |
• location | about 0.2 miles east of Pencader Farms, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°33′26″N 075°44′47″W / 39.55722°N 75.74639°W [1] |
• elevation | 70 ft (21 m) [2] |
Mouth | C and D Canal |
• location | about 1.5 miles east of Chesapeake City, Maryland |
• coordinates | 39°32′25″N 075°45′38″W / 39.54028°N 75.76056°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
Length | 2.11 mi (3.40 km) [3] |
Basin size | 2.21 square miles (5.7 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 2.75 cu ft/s (0.078 m3/s) at mouth with C and D Canal [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally south |
River system | C and D Canal |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Frazer Road, Chesapeake City Road |
Guthrie Branch is a 2.11 mi (3.40 km) long 1st order tributary to C and D Canal in New Castle County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Guthrie Branch rises on the Long Creek divide about 0.2 miles east of Pencader Farms in New Castle County, Delaware. Guthrie Branch then flows south to meet the C and D Canal about 1.5 miles east of Chesapeake City, Maryland. [2]
Guthrie Branch drains 2.21 square miles (5.7 km2) of area, receives about 44.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 652.80 and is about 26.2% forested. [4]