| Broad Creek Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USA_Delaware_location_map.svg)  Location of Broad Creek mouth &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| City | Laurel Bethel |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Elliott Pond Branch and James Branch |
| • location | Lake Pines, Delaware[2] |
| • coordinates | 38°33′31″N 075°34′03″W / 38.55861°N 75.56750°W[1] |
| • elevation | 8 ft (2.4 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of Cherry Walk, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 38°34′05″N 075°40′29″W / 38.56806°N 75.67472°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[3] |
| Length | 8.00 mi (12.87 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 123.77 square miles (320.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Nanticoke River |
| • average | 146.81 cu ft/s (4.157 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Copper Branch Little Creek Holly Ditch Collins and Culver Ditch Tussocky Branch |
| • right | Rogers Branch |
| Waterbodies | Records Pond |
| Bridges | US 13, Willow Street, Delaware Avenue, North Central Avenue, North Poplar Street, Shell Bridge Road |
Broad Creek is a 8.00 mi (12.87 km) long 4th order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Broad Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Broad Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 December 2020.