Parker and Sampson Ditch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Physical characteristics
Source	Polk and Bee Branch divides
• location	about 1-mile southwest of Greenwood, Delaware
• coordinates	38°47′42.00″N 075°38′8.00″W / 38.7950000°N 75.6355556°W / 38.7950000; -75.6355556[1]
• elevation	59 ft (18 m)[1]
Mouth	Marshyhope Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles north-northeast of Woodenhawk, Delaware
• coordinates	38°48′33.41″N 075°40′55.75″W / 38.8092806°N 75.6821528°W / 38.8092806; -75.6821528[1]
• elevation	30 ft (9.1 m)[1]
Length	3.72 mi (5.99 km)[2]
Basin size	1.99 square miles (5.2 km2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Marshyhope Creek
• average	2.45 cu ft/s (0.069 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[3]
Basin features
Progression	Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2]
River system	Nanticoke River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Blanchard Road, Double Fork Road

Parker and Sampson Ditch is a 3.72 mi (5.99 km) long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Parker and Sampson Ditch rises on the Polk and Bee Branch divides about 1-mile southwest of Greenwood, Delaware, and then flows northwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 0.5 miles north-northeast of Woodenhawk, Delaware.^[1]

Parker and Sampson Ditch drains 1.99 square miles (5.2 km²) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, and is about 17.62% forested.^[3]

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