Quarter Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Quarter Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Quarter Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex Kent |
Length: | 4.47miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 5.81cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Cart Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1.5 northwest of Greenwood, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.8393°N -75.6224°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 60feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | Adamsville, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8329°N -75.6853°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 30feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Nine Foot Road (x2), Todds Chapel Road |
Quarter Branch is a 4.49miles 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.[3]
Quarter Branch drains of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, and is about 4.38% forested.[2]