Beaverdam Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Broadkill River |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaverdam Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Beaverdam Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 8.24miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Broadkill River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.21cuft/s at mouth with Broadkill River[2] |
Source1: | Welsh Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1miles southeast of Bennum, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6976°N -75.2924°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 40feet |
Mouth: | Broadkill River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25miles miles west of Drawbridge, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.789°N -75.2532°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Broadkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Broadkill River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Doddtown Road, US 9, Harbeson Road, Carpenter Road, Walker Road, Cave Neck Road |
Beaverdam Creek is a 3.24miles long first-order tributary to the Broadkill River in Sussex County, Delaware.
Beaverdam Creek rises on the Welsh Branch divide about 1miles southeast of Bennum, Delaware and then flows generally northeast to join the Broadkill River about 0.25miles west of Drawbridge, Delaware.[3]
Beaverdam Creek drains of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 23.28% forested.[2]