Spruances Branch is a 2.73 mi (4.39 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Leipsic River in Kent County, Delaware.
Spruances Branch Tributary to Leipsic River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Finis Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Whitehall Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°16′47″N 075°32′47″W[1] |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m)[2] |
Mouth | Leipsic River |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Leipsic, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°15′05″N 075°32′42″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 2.73 mi (4.39 km)[3] |
Basin size | 3.23 square miles (8.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Leipsic River |
• average | 3.96 cu ft/s (0.112 m3/s) at mouth with Leipsic River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | south |
River system | Leipsic River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Smyrna-Leipsic Road, Big Woods Road |
Spruances Branch rises on the Finis Branch divide about 1 mile northwest of Whitehall Crossroads, Delaware. Spruances Branch then flows south to meet the Leipsic River about 1-mile northwest of Leipsic.[2]
Spruances Branch drains 3.23 square miles (8.4 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 627.60 and is about 05% forested.[4]
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