Morris Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Corks Point Ditch |
Map Size: | 180 |
Map Alt: | Map of Morris Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Morris Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | New Castle |
Length: | 3.13miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.58cuft/s at mouth with Corks Point Ditch[2] |
Source1: | Sawmill Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles west of Walker, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.3394°N -75.6156°W> |
Source1 Elevation: | 45feet[3] |
Mouth: | Corks Point Ditch |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile southeast of Walker, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.3347°N -75.5853°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | southeast then northeast |
River System: | Smyrna River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Smyrna Landing Road, Paddock Road, Smyrna Landing Road, Alabam Road |
Morris Branch (historically Morris Run) is a 3.13miles long 1st order tributary to Corks Point Ditch in New Castle County, Delaware.
Morris Branch rises the Sawmill Branch divide about 0.5 miles west of Walker in New Castle County, Delaware. Morris Branch then flows southeast then northeast to meet Corks Point Ditch about 1 mile southeast of Walker, Delaware.[3]
Morris Branch drains of area, receives about 44.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 556.00 and is about 13.9% forested.[2]