Herring Run (Blackbird Creek tributary)
River in Delaware, United States
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Herring Run is a 2.26-mile-long (3.64 km) tributary to Blackbird Creek in northern Delaware in the United States.
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
SourceOn divide between Herring Run and Appoquinimink River
| Herring Run Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | On divide between Herring Run and Appoquinimink River |
| • location | about 0.5 miles east of Townsend, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°23′49″N 075°40′33″W[1] |
| • elevation | 70 ft (21 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of H&H Corner, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°23′00″N 075°38′31″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 2.26 mi (3.64 km)[3] |
Basin size | 10.29 square miles (26.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Blackbird Creek |
| • average | 2.42 cu ft/s (0.069 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 | DE 1, US 13, Union Church Road |
Course
Herring Run rises east of Townsend in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to meet Blackbird Creek east of H&H Corner.
Watershed
The Herring Run watershed is about 26% forested and 64% agricultural with the rest being other land uses. The watershed receives approximately 43.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 602.69.[4]
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