Rum Bridge Branch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Raccoon Ditch divide |
• location | McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′02″N 075°26′32″W / 38.66722°N 75.44222°W[1] |
• elevation | 40 ft (12 m)[2] |
Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′35″N 075°29′13″W / 38.67639°N 75.48694°W[1] |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m)[3] |
Length | 2.63 mi (4.23 km)[4] |
Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Deep Creek |
• average | 3.11 cu ft/s (0.088 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Deep Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Raccoon Ditch Road, Rum Bridge Road |
Rum Bridge Branch is a 2.63 mi (4.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]