Skinners Run
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| Skinners Run Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Skinners Run mouth  Skinners Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Dorchester |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Hunting Creek divide |
| • location | about 3 miles west of Federalsburg, Maryland |
| • coordinates | 38°42′1.00″N 075°50′25.00″W / 38.7002778°N 75.8402778°W[1] |
| • elevation | 48 ft (15 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 3 miles southwest of Federalsburg, Maryland[1] |
• coordinates | 38°39′18.41″N 075°48′19.76″W / 38.6551139°N 75.8054889°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Length | 3.91 mi (6.29 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 5.26 square miles (13.6 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Marshyhope Creek |
| • average | 5.92 cu ft/s (0.168 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Hubbard Road, Skinners Run Road, Whiteley Road, MD 307, River Road |
Skinners Run is a 3.91 mi (6.29 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Skinners Run rises about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Federalsburg, Maryland and then flows southeast to join Marshyhope Creek about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Federalsburg, Maryland.[1]
