Shorts Ditch is a 2.14 mi (3.44 km) long 1st order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
| Shorts Ditch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Shorts Ditch mouth  Shorts Ditch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gravelly Branch divide |
| • location | about 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°41′59″N 075°29′54″W / 38.69972°N 75.49833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 35 ft (11 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′25″N 075°30′19″W / 38.67361°N 75.50528°W[1] |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.14 mi (3.44 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep Creek |
| • average | 3.08 cu ft/s (0.087 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest[4] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Cokesbury Road |
Course edit
Shorts Ditch rises on the Gravelly Branch divide 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, and then flows southwest to join Deep Creek about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace.[3]
Watershed edit
Shorts Ditch drains 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 738.93, and is about 22% forested.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Shorts Ditch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Shorts Ditch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 May 2021.