Wheeling Branch

Stream in Delaware, USA

38°29′04″N 075°37′14″W / 38.48444°N 75.62056°W / 38.48444; -75.62056^[1] • elevation47 ft (14 m)^[2] MouthTussocky Branch

• location

about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware^[3]

• coordinates

38°29′59″N 075°37′09″W / 38.49972°N 75.61917°W / 38.49972; -75.61917^[1]

• elevation

45 ft (14 m)^[3]Length2.45 mi (3.94 km)^[4]Basin size1.32 square miles (3.4 km²)^[5]Discharge • locationTussocky Branch • average1.55 cu ft/s (0.044 m³/s) at mouth with Tussocky Branch^[5] Basin featuresProgressionTussocky Branch → Broad Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean^[4]River systemNanticoke RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesPine Branch Road

Wheeling Branch is a 2.45 mi (3.94 km) long 1st order tributary to Tussocky Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Course

Wheeling Branch rises about 1 mile southeast of Ralphs, Delaware^[2] and then flows north-northwest into Tussocky Branch about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware.^[3]

Watershed

Wheeling Branch drains 1.32 square miles (3.4 km²) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 1,092.57 and is about 11% forested.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GNIS Detail - Wheeling Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wheeling Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 December 2020.