Albertson Brook | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Nescochague Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Albertson Brook mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Albertson Brook mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New Jersey |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Atlantic Camden |
Length: | 5.8miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Nescochague Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 26.84cuft/s at mouth with Nescochague Creek[2] |
Source1: | confluence of Blue Anchor Branch and Pump Branch |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile northeast of Elm, New Jersey |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.6925°N -74.8122°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 76feet[4] |
Mouth: | Nescochague Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles northeast of Hammonton, New Jersey |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.6822°N -74.7214°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 33feet[5] |
Progression: | Nescochague Creek → Mullica River → Great Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Mullica River |
Tributaries Left: | Pump Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Blue Anchor Branch |
Waterbodies: | Paradise Lake |
Bridges: | US 206 |
Albertson Brook, also called Albertsons Brook, is the name of Nescochague Creek upstream of the confluence with Great Swamp Brook in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States.
Albertson Brook is near Hammonton, New Jersey, and flows for [6] through Atlantic and Camden counties.
It has a drainage area of, of which nearly half is forest land, and the rest is split between urban and agricultural uses, both of which have tended to pollute the brook in the past.
It is formed by the confluence of the Pump Branch and Blue Anchor Brook.