Barlow Branch (Blackbird Creek tributary)
Appearance
Barlow Branch Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Barlow Branch and Sassafras River |
• location | just north of Ebenezer Church[2] |
• coordinates | 39°22′06″N 075°43′36″W / 39.36833°N 75.72667°W[1] |
• elevation | 75 ft (23 m)[2] |
Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | Blackbird, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 39°22′20″N 075°39′47″W / 39.37222°N 75.66306°W[1] |
• elevation | 2 ft (0.61 m)[2] |
Length | 1.98 mi (3.19 km)[3] |
Basin size | 7.6 square miles (20 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Blackbird Creek |
• average | 8.89 cu ft/s (0.252 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Blackbird Creek |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Barlow Branch is a 1.98 mi (3.19 km) long tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. Barlow Branch is one of the major tributaries to Blackbird Creek above tidal influence.
Course
[edit]Barlow Branch rises on the Sassafras River divide just north of Ebenezer Church, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Barlow Branch drains 7.60 square miles (19.7 km2) of area, receives about 43.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 602.79 and is about 22.5% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]Maps
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Barlow Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Barlow Branch Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Clayton Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Barlow Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 1 August 2019.