Parker and Sampson Ditch

Stream in Delaware, USA
38°47′42.00″N 075°38′8.00″W / 38.7950000°N 75.6355556°W / 38.7950000; -75.6355556[1] • elevation59 ft (18 m)[1] MouthMarshyhope Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles north-northeast of Woodenhawk, Delaware
 • coordinates
38°48′33.41″N 075°40′55.75″W / 38.8092806°N 75.6821528°W / 38.8092806; -75.6821528[1]
 • elevation
30 ft (9.1 m)[1]Length3.72 mi (5.99 km)[2]Basin size1.99 square miles (5.2 km2)[3]Discharge  • locationMarshyhope Creek • average2.45 cu ft/s (0.069 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[3] Basin featuresProgressionMarshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2]River systemNanticoke RiverTributaries  • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesBlanchard Road, Double Fork Road

Parker and Sampson Ditch is a 3.72 mi (5.99 km) long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

Parker and Sampson Ditch rises on the Polk and Bee Branch divides about 1-mile southwest of Greenwood, Delaware, and then flows northwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 0.5 miles north-northeast of Woodenhawk, Delaware.[1]

Watershed

Parker and Sampson Ditch drains 1.99 square miles (5.2 km2) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, and is about 17.62% forested.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
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