Massey Branch (Green Spring Branch tributary)

Massey Branch
Tributary to Green Spring Branch
Location of Massey Branch mouth
Location of Massey Branch mouth
Location of Massey Branch mouth
Location of Massey Branch mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Physical characteristics
SourceBlackbird Creek divide
 • locationPond about 0.5 miles northeast of Prices Corners, Delaware
 • coordinates39°19′50″N 075°40′30″W / 39.33056°N 75.67500°W / 39.33056; -75.67500[1]
 • elevation62 ft (19 m)[2]
MouthGreen Spring Branch
 • location
Brookmill Estates, Delaware
 • coordinates
39°19′16″N 075°38′28″W / 39.32111°N 75.64111°W / 39.32111; -75.64111[1]
 • elevation
32 ft (9.8 m)[2]
Length1.76 mi (2.83 km)[3]
Basin size1.58 square miles (4.1 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • average1.91 cu ft/s (0.054 m3/s) at mouth with Green Spring Branch[4]
Basin features
Progressionsoutheast
River systemSmyrna River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesBlackbird-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

Massey Branch rises in a pond on the Blackbird Creek divide about 0.5 miles northeast of Prices Corners, Delaware.[2]

Watershed

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

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Massey Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Duck Creek Topo Map, Kent County DE (Smyrna Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Massey Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.


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