Matson Run

Stream in Delaware, USA

39°47′04″N 075°32′23″W / 39.78444°N 75.53972°W / 39.78444; -75.53972^[1] • elevation260 ft (79 m)^[2] MouthShellpot Creek

• location

Bellefonte, Delaware^[3]

• coordinates

39°45′42″N 075°31′04″W / 39.76167°N 75.51778°W / 39.76167; -75.51778^[1]

• elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)^[3]Length2.25 mi (3.62 km)^[4]Basin size1.28 square miles (3.3 km²)^[5]Discharge • locationShellpot Creek • average1.88 cu ft/s (0.053 m³/s) at mouth with Shellpot Creek^[5] Basin featuresProgressiongenerally southeast^[4]River systemDelaware RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesFoulk Road, Weldin Road, I-95, Miller Road, W Lea Boulevard (x2)

Matson Run is a 2.25 mi (3.62 km) long 1st order tributary to Shellpot Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

Mattsons Run

Course

Matson Run rises in Blue Ball, Delaware^[2] and then flows southeast to join Shellpot Creek at Bellefonte, Delaware.^[3]

Watershed

Matson Run drains 1.28 square miles (3.3 km²) of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 499.25, and is about 11% forested.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "GNIS Detail – Matson Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Matson Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.