Quarter Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
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| Quarter Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Quarter Branch mouth  Quarter Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex Kent |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cart Branch divide |
| • location | about 1.5 northwest of Greenwood, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°50′21.41″N 075°37′20.74″W / 38.8392806°N 75.6224278°W[1] |
| • elevation | 60 ft (18 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | Adamsville, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°49′58.41″N 075°41′7.25″W / 38.8328917°N 75.6853472°W[1] |
• elevation | 30 ft (9.1 m)[1] |
| Length | 4.47 mi (7.19 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 4.72 square miles (12.2 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Marshyhope Creek |
| • average | 5.81 cu ft/s (0.165 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Nine Foot Road (x2), Todds Chapel Road |
Quarter Branch is a 4.49 mi (7.23 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent and Sussex Counties Delaware.
Quarter Branch rises on the Cart Branch divide about 1.5 miles northwest of Greenwood, Delaware, and then flows generally northwest to join Marshyhope Creek at Adamsville, Delaware.[1]