Tubbs Branch (Deep Creek tributary)
Appearance
Tubbs Branch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Cool Branch and Graham Branch |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Concord, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°37′55″N 075°33′40″W / 38.63194°N 75.56111°W[1] |
• elevation | 18 ft (5.5 m)[2] |
Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | Concord, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°38′33″N 075°33′52″W / 38.64250°N 75.56444°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[3] |
Length | 0.92 mi (1.48 km)[4] |
Basin size | 3.85 square miles (10.0 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Deep Creek |
• average | 4.65 cu ft/s (0.132 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tubbs Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Cool Branch |
• right | Graham Branch |
Bridges | Bethel-Concord Road, DE 20 |
Tubbs Branch is a 0.92 mi (1.48 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Tubbs Branch is formed at the confluence of Cool Branch and Graham Branch about 0.5 miles south of Concord, Delaware, and then flows north to join Deep Creek at Concord.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Tubbs Branch drains 3.85 square miles (10.0 km2) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 656.78, and is about 8% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Tubbs Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Tubbs Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 May 2021.