Sowbridge Branch Tributary to Primehook Creek | |
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![]() Sowbridge Branch near Cedar Creek Road | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gravelly Branch divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles southeast of Ellendale, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°47′56″N 075°24′09″W / 38.79889°N 75.40250°W [1] |
• elevation | 50 ft (15 m) [2] |
Mouth | Primehook Creek (Waples Pond) |
• location | Waples Pond Acres, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°49′15″N 075°19′02″W / 38.82083°N 75.31722°W [1] |
• elevation | 4 ft (1.2 m) [2] |
Length | 5.44 mi (8.75 km) [3] |
Basin size | 7.86 square miles (20.4 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Primehook Creek (Waples Pond) |
• average | 9.63 cu ft/s (0.273 m3/s) at mouth with Primehook Creek (Waples Pond) [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally east |
River system | Broadkill River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Piney Branch |
Waterbodies | Reynolds Pond |
Bridges | Milton-Ellendale Highway, Holly Tree Road, Isaacs Road (DE 30), Cedar Creek Road |
Sowbridge Branch is a 5.44 mi (8.75 km) long 2nd order tributary to Primehook Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Sowbridge Branch rises on the Gravelly Branch divide about 0.5 miles southeast of Ellendale, Delaware. Sowbridge Branch then flows generally east to meet Primehook Creek at Waples Pond. [2]
Sowbridge Branch drains 7.86 square miles (20.4 km2) of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 649.54 and is about 19% forested. [4]