| Tussocky Branch Tributary to Broad Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USA_Delaware_location_map.svg)  Location of Tussocky Branch mouth &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Tussocky Branch (Broad Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Barren Creek divide |
| • location | about 1 mile east of Susan Beach Corner, Delaware[2] |
| • coordinates | 38°28′11″N 075°37′22″W / 38.46972°N 75.62278°W[1] |
| • elevation | 50 ft (15 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Broad Creek |
• location | Portsville, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 38°33′47″N 075°37′47″W / 38.56306°N 75.62972°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[3] |
| Length | 7.54 mi (12.13 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 10.49 square miles (27.2 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Broad Creek |
| • average | 12.17 cu ft/s (0.345 m3/s) at mouth with Broad Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Broad Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wheeling Branch Turkey Branch |
| • right | Mill Branch |
| Waterbodies | Tussock Pond Portsville Millpond |
| Bridges | Susan Beach Road, Branch School Road, DE 24, Airport Road, Shell Bridge Road |
Tussocky Branch is a 7.54 mi (12.13 km) long 2nd order tributary to Broad Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Tussocky Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Tussocky Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 December 2020.