Massey Branch (Green Spring Branch tributary)
| Massey Branch Tributary to Green Spring Branch | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Blackbird Creek divide |
| • location | Pond about 0.5 miles northeast of Prices Corners, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°19′50″N 075°40′30″W / 39.33056°N 75.67500°W[1] |
| • elevation | 62 ft (19 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Green Spring Branch |
• location | Brookmill Estates, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°19′16″N 075°38′28″W / 39.32111°N 75.64111°W[1] |
• elevation | 32 ft (9.8 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.76 mi (2.83 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.58 square miles (4.1 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.91 cu ft/s (0.054 m3/s) at mouth with Green Spring Branch[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southeast |
| River system | Smyrna River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Blackbird-Greenspring Road |
Massey Branch is a 1.76 mi (2.83 km) long 1st order tributary to Green Spring Branch in New Castle County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Massey Branch rises in a pond on the Blackbird Creek divide about 0.5 miles northeast of Prices Corners, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Massey Branch drains 1.58 square miles (4.1 km2) of area, receives about 44.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 605.20 and is about 1.4% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Massey Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Duck Creek Topo Map, Kent County DE (Smyrna Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Massey Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
