Rum Bridge Branch
Stream in Delaware, USA
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Rum Bridge Branch is a 2.63 mi (4.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
| Rum Bridge Branch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Rum Bridge Branch mouth  Rum Bridge Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Raccoon Ditch divide |
| • location | McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°40′02″N 075°26′32″W[1] |
| • elevation | 40 ft (12 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′35″N 075°29′13″W[1] |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.63 mi (4.23 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep Creek |
| • average | 3.11 cu ft/s (0.088 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Raccoon Ditch Road, Rum Bridge Road |
Course
Rum Bridge Branch rises on the Raccoon Branch divide at McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware, and then flows west-northwest to join Deep Creek about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace.[3]
Watershed
Rum Bridge Branch drains 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 667.16, and is about 33% forested.[5]