Coordinates: 38°40′35″N 075°29′13″W / 38.67639°N 75.48694°W / 38.67639; -75.48694

Rum Bridge Branch

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Rum Bridge Branch
Tributary to Deep Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Physical characteristics
SourceRaccoon Ditch divide
 • locationMcDonalds Crossroads, Delaware
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 • elevation40 ft (12 m)[2]
MouthDeep Creek
 • location
about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware
 • coordinates
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 • elevation
23 ft (7.0 m)[3]
Length2.63 mi (4.23 km)[4]
Basin size2.53 square miles (6.6 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationDeep Creek
 • average3.11 cu ft/s (0.088 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionDeep CreekNanticoke RiverChesapeake BayAtlantic Ocean[4]
River systemNanticoke River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesRaccoon Ditch Road, Rum Bridge Road

Rum Bridge Branch is a 2.63 mi (4.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

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Rum Bridge Branch rises on the Raccoon Branch divide at McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware, and then flows west-northwest to join Deep Creek about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace.[3]

Watershed

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Rum Bridge Branch drains 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 667.16, and is about 33% forested.[5]

See also

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References

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