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Stallion Head Branch

Stream in Delaware, USA

38°49′32″N 075°30′02″W / 38.82556°N 75.50056°W / 38.82556; -75.50056^[1] • elevation50 ft (15 m)^[2] MouthGum Branch

• location

about 0.75 miles southwest of Oakley, Delaware^[3]

• coordinates

38°49′25″N 075°30′02″W / 38.82361°N 75.50056°W / 38.82361; -75.50056^[1]

• elevation

38 ft (12 m)^[3]Length2.16 mi (3.48 km)^[4]Basin size1.26 square miles (3.3 km²)^[5]Discharge • locationGum Branch • average1.38 cu ft/s (0.039 m³/s) at mouth with Gum Branch^[5] Basin featuresProgressionGum Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean^[4]River systemNanticoke RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesCentury Farm Road, DE 16, Oak Road

Stallion Head Branch is a 3.16 mi (5.09 km) long 1st tributary to Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Course

Stallion Head Branch rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Staytonville, Delaware^[2] and then flows south to join Gum Branch about 0.75 miles southwest of Oakley, Delaware.^[3]

Watershed

Stallion Head Branch drains 1.26 square miles (3.3 km²) of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 757.38 and is about 4% forested.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GNIS Detail – Stallion Head Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stallion Head Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.