Parker and Sampson Ditch
Appearance
Parker and Sampson Ditch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Polk and Bee Branch divides |
• location | about 1-mile southwest of Greenwood, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°47′42.00″N 075°38′8.00″W / 38.7950000°N 75.6355556°W[1] |
• elevation | 59 ft (18 m)[1] |
Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles north-northeast of Woodenhawk, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°48′33.41″N 075°40′55.75″W / 38.8092806°N 75.6821528°W[1] |
• elevation | 30 ft (9.1 m)[1] |
Length | 3.72 mi (5.99 km)[2] |
Basin size | 1.99 square miles (5.2 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Marshyhope Creek |
• average | 2.45 cu ft/s (0.069 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 | Blanchard Road, Double Fork Road |
Parker and Sampson Ditch is a 3.72 mi (5.99 km) long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Parker and Sampson Ditch rises on the Polk and Bee Branch divides about 1-mile southwest of Greenwood, Delaware, and then flows northwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 0.5 miles north-northeast of Woodenhawk, Delaware.[1]
Watershed
[edit]Parker and Sampson Ditch drains 1.99 square miles (5.2 km2) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, and is about 17.62% forested.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved February 1, 2023.