West Branch Gum Branch Tributary to Gum Branch | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Johnson Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Staytonville, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 38°49′40″N 075°30′30″W / 38.82778°N 75.50833°W[1] |
• elevation | 55 ft (17 m)[2] |
Mouth | Gum Branch |
• location | about 2.5 miles east-northeast of Bridgeville, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 38°45′53″N 075°32′38″W / 38.76472°N 75.54389°W[1] |
• elevation | 24 ft (7.3 m)[3] |
Length | 5.61 mi (9.03 km)[4] |
Basin size | 5.68 square miles (14.7 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Gum Branch |
• average | 7.07 cu ft/s (0.200 m3/s) at mouth with Gum Branch[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Gum Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Owens Branch |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Century Farm Road, DE 16, Wolf Road, Hunters Cove Road, Tuckers Road |
West Branch Gum Branch is a 5.61 mi (9.03 km) long 2nd tributary to Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]