Beaver Branch (Blackbird Creek tributary)
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CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
SourceOn divide between Beaver Branch and Appoquinimink River
| Beaver Branch Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | On divide between Beaver Branch and Appoquinimink River |
| • location | Pine Tree Corners, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°24′31″N 075°39′30″W / 39.40861°N 75.65833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 55 ft (17 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Blackbird Landing, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°23′44″N 075°37′09″W / 39.39556°N 75.61917°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 2.41 mi (3.88 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2.24 square miles (5.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Blackbird Creek |
| • average | 2.55 cu ft/s (0.072 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Union Church Road |
Beaver Branch is a 2.41-mile-long (3.88 km) tributary to Blackbird Creek in southern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States.
Beaver Branch rises just east of Pine Tree Corners in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to meet Blackbird Creek northeast of Blackbird Landing.
Watershed
The Beaver Branch watershed is about 13% forested and 63% agricultural with the rest being other land uses. The watershed receives approximately 43.2 in/year of precipitation and has a topographic wetness index of 562.53.[4]
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