Baker Mill Branch

Stream in Delaware, USA

38°37′28″N 075°31′21″W / 38.62444°N 75.52250°W / 38.62444; -75.52250[1] • elevation23 ft (7.0 m)[2] MouthDeep Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles east of Concord, Delaware
 • coordinates
38°38′32″N 075°32′32″W / 38.64222°N 75.54222°W / 38.64222; -75.54222[1]
 • elevation
8 ft (2.4 m)[3]Length3.53 mi (5.68 km)[4]Basin size3.23 square miles (8.4 km2)[5]Discharge  • locationDeep Creek • average3.93 cu ft/s (0.111 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5] Basin featuresProgressionDeep Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4]River systemNanticoke RiverTributaries  • leftBlack Savannah Ditch • rightOld DitchBridgesBaker Mill Road

Baker Mill Branch is a 3.53-mile-long (5.68 km) second-order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

Baker Mill Branch is formed at the confluence of Old Ditch and Black Savannah Ditch about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Concord, Delaware, and then flows north-northwest to join Deep Creek about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Concord.[3]

Watershed

Baker Mill Branch drains 3.23 square miles (8.4 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year (115 cm/year) of precipitation, has a wetness index of 705.67, and is about 19% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Baker Mill Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Bakers Mill Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
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