Beaver Gut Ditch
| Beaver Gut Ditch Tributary to St. Jones River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Beaver Gut Ditch mouth  Beaver Gut Ditch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Kent |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Thorndyk Branch divide |
| • location | Pond about 0.25 miles west of Magnolia, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°04′26″N 075°29′03″W / 39.07389°N 75.48417°W[1] |
| • elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m)[2] |
| Mouth | St. Jones River |
• location | Florence, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°05′09″N 075°29′03″W / 39.08583°N 75.48417°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.36 mi (2.19 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.79 square miles (4.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | St. Jones River |
| • average | 2.14 cu ft/s (0.061 m3/s) at mouth with St. Jones River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northeast |
| River system | St. Jones River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | South State Street, Ponderosa Drive |
Beaver Gut Ditch is a 1.36 mi (2.19 km) long 1st order tributary to St. Jones River in Kent County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Beaver Gut Ditch rises in a pond on the Thorndyk Branch divide about 0.25 miles west of Magnolia in Kent County, Delaware. Beaver Gut Ditch then flows northeast to meet the St. Jones River at Florence, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Beaver Gut Ditch drains 1.79 square miles (4.6 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 579.16 and is about 5.1% forested.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Beaver Gut Ditch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Beaver Gut Ditch Topo Map, Kent County DE (Frederica Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Beaver Gut Ditch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
