Guthrie Branch (C and D Canal tributary)
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| Guthrie Branch Tributary to C and D Canal | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Long Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.2 miles east of Pencader Farms, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°33′26″N 075°44′47″W / 39.55722°N 75.74639°W[1] |
| • elevation | 70 ft (21 m)[2] |
| Mouth | C and D Canal |
• location | about 1.5 miles east of Chesapeake City, Maryland |
• coordinates | 39°32′25″N 075°45′38″W / 39.54028°N 75.76056°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 2.11 mi (3.40 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2.21 square miles (5.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 2.75 cu ft/s (0.078 m3/s) at mouth with C and D Canal[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | generally south |
| River system | C and D Canal |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Frazer Road, Chesapeake City Road |
Guthrie Branch is a 2.11 mi (3.40 km) long 1st order tributary to C and D Canal in New Castle County, Delaware.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Guthrie Run
Course
Guthrie Branch rises on the Long Creek divide about 0.2 miles east of Pencader Farms in New Castle County, Delaware. Guthrie Branch then flows south to meet the C and D Canal about 1.5 miles east of Chesapeake City, Maryland.[2]
