| Beaver Branch Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | On divide between Beaver Branch and Appoquinimink River |
| • location | Pine Tree Corners, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°24′31″N 075°39′30″W / 39.40861°N 75.65833°W / 39.40861; -75.65833 |
| • elevation | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
| • location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Blackbird Landing, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°23′44″N 075°37′09″W / 39.39556°N 75.61917°W / 39.39556; -75.61917 |
| • elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 2.41 mi (3.88 km) |
| Basin size | 2.24 square miles (5.8 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Blackbird Creek |
| • average | 2.55 cu ft/s (0.072 m/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Union Church Road |
Beaver Branch is a 2.41-mile-long (3.88 km) tributary to Blackbird Creek in southern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States.
Course
Beaver Branch rises just east of Pine Tree Corners in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to meet Blackbird Creek northeast of Blackbird Landing.
Watershed
The Beaver Branch watershed is about 13% forested and 63% agricultural with the rest being other land uses. The watershed receives approximately 43.2 in/year of precipitation and has a topographic wetness index of 562.53.
See also
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References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Beaver Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Blackbird Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Taylors Bridge Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Beaver Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
External links
- Delaware Watersheds: Blackbird Creek Archived 2019-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Blackbird-Millington Corridor Conservation Area Plan
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