Iron Mine Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bridgeville Branch divide |
• location | Dublin Hill, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°46′12.00″N 075°38′33.00″W / 38.7700000°N 75.6425000°W [1] |
• elevation | 58 ft (18 m) [1] |
Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 1-mile south-southwest of Woodenhawk, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°46′57.41″N 075°38′33.00″W / 38.7826139°N 75.6425000°W [1] |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) [1] |
Length | 3.96 mi (6.37 km) [2] |
Basin size | 2.82 square miles (7.3 km2) [3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Marshyhope Creek |
• average | 3.40 cu ft/s (0.096 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 | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Epworth Church Road, PA 404, Smith Road, Sand Hill Road |
Iron Mine Branch is a 3.82 mi (6.15 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
Iron Mine Branch rises on the Bridgeville Branch divide at Dublin Hill, Delaware, and then flows generally northwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 1.5 miles south-southwest of Woodenhawk, Delaware. [1]
Iron Mine Branch drains 2.82 square miles (7.3 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, and is about 3.04% forested. [3]