Sandom Branch
Sandom Branch Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
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![]() Floodplain of Sandom Branch downstream of DE 1 in 2008 | |
![]() ![]() Location of Sandom Branch mouth | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Sandom Branch and Duck Creek |
• location | about 2 miles south of Blackbird, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 39°20′37″N 075°40′22″W / 39.34361°N 75.67278°W[1] |
• elevation | 50 ft (15 m)[2] |
Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | Blackbird, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 39°22′27″N 075°39′10″W / 39.37417°N 75.65278°WCoordinates: 39°22′27″N 075°39′10″W / 39.37417°N 75.65278°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 2.33 mi (3.75 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.78 square miles (7.2 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Blackbird Creek |
• average | 3.28 cu ft/s (0.093 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Blackbird Creek |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Sandom Branch is a 2.33 mi (3.75 km) long tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. Sandom Branch is one of the major tributaries to Blackbird Creek above tidal influence.
Course[]
Sandom Branch rises on the Duck Creek divide about 2 miles south of Blackbird, Delaware.[2]
Watershed[]
Sandom Branch drains 2.78 square miles (7.2 km2) of area, receives about 43.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 556.57 and is about 22.6% forested.[3]
See also[]
- List of Delaware rivers
Maps[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Course_and_Watershed_of_Sandom_Branch_%28Blackbird_Creek_tributary%29.jpg/220px-Course_and_Watershed_of_Sandom_Branch_%28Blackbird_Creek_tributary%29.jpg)
Course and Watershed of Sandom Branch (Blackbird Creek tributary)
References[]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Sandom Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Sandom Branch Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Clayton Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Sandom Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
Categories:
- Rivers of Delaware
- Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware
- Northeastern United States river stubs
- Delaware geography stubs