Plum Creek Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State |
Delaware Maryland |
County |
Sussex Wicomico |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mill Branch divide |
• location | Columbia, Delaware [2] |
• coordinates | 38°30′13″N 075°40′07″W / 38.50361°N 75.66861°W [1] |
• elevation | 46 ft (14 m) [2] |
Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Riverton, Maryland [3] |
• coordinates | 38°32′07″N 075°44′46″W / 38.53528°N 75.74611°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [3] |
Length | 5.56 mi (8.95 km) [4] |
Basin size | 5.45 square miles (14.1 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Nanticoke River |
• average | 6.03 cu ft/s (0.171 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean [4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Columbia Road, San Domingo Road, MD 313 |
Plum Creek is a 5.56 mi (8.95 km) long 2nd tributary to the Nanticoke River in Wicomico County, Maryland.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Plum Creek rises in Columbia in Sussex County, Delaware [2] and then flows northwest into Wicomico County, Maryland to join the Nanticoke River about 0.5 miles north of Riverton. [3]
Plum Creek drains 5.45 square miles (14.1 km2) of area, receives about 44.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 627.39 and is about 13% forested. [5]
Plum Creek Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State |
Delaware Maryland |
County |
Sussex Wicomico |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mill Branch divide |
• location | Columbia, Delaware [2] |
• coordinates | 38°30′13″N 075°40′07″W / 38.50361°N 75.66861°W [1] |
• elevation | 46 ft (14 m) [2] |
Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Riverton, Maryland [3] |
• coordinates | 38°32′07″N 075°44′46″W / 38.53528°N 75.74611°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [3] |
Length | 5.56 mi (8.95 km) [4] |
Basin size | 5.45 square miles (14.1 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Nanticoke River |
• average | 6.03 cu ft/s (0.171 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean [4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Columbia Road, San Domingo Road, MD 313 |
Plum Creek is a 5.56 mi (8.95 km) long 2nd tributary to the Nanticoke River in Wicomico County, Maryland.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Plum Creek rises in Columbia in Sussex County, Delaware [2] and then flows northwest into Wicomico County, Maryland to join the Nanticoke River about 0.5 miles north of Riverton. [3]
Plum Creek drains 5.45 square miles (14.1 km2) of area, receives about 44.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 627.39 and is about 13% forested. [5]