Old Baptist Church Branch

Stream in Delaware, USA

38°58′38″N 75°26′07″W / 38.97722°N 75.43528°W / 38.97722; -75.43528^[1] • elevation22 ft (6.7 m)^[2] MouthFishing Branch

• location

about 0.5 miles east of Spring Hill, Delaware

• coordinates

38°58′07″N 75°25′00″W / 38.96861°N 75.41667°W / 38.96861; -75.41667^[1]

• elevation

3 ft (0.91 m)^[2]Length2.00 mi (3.22 km)^[3]Basin size1.75 square miles (4.5 km²)^[4]Discharge • locationFishing Branch • average2.20 cu ft/s (0.062 m³/s) at mouth with Fishing Branch^[4] Basin featuresProgressionFishing Branch → Mispillion River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic OceanRiver systemMispillion RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesDE 1, Reynolds Road

Old Baptist Church Branch is a 2.00 mi (3.22 km) long 1st order tributary to Fishing Branch in Kent County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Course

Old Baptist Church Branch rises on the Murderkill River divide about 0.25 miles west of Spring Hill, Delaware. Old Baptist Church Branch then flows southeast then northeast to meet Fishing Branch about 0.5 miles east of Spring Hill, Delaware.^[2]

Watershed

Old Baptist Church Branch drains 1.75 square miles (4.5 km²) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 613.40 and is about 8.0% forested.^[4]

Maps

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Old Baptist Church Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mispillion River Topo Map, Sussex County DE (Mispillion River Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Old Baptist Church Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.