Round Pole Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Broadkill River |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Round Pole Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Round Pole Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 5.24miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Broadkill River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 8.52cuft/s at mouth with Broadkill River[2] |
Source1: | Sockorockets Ditch divide |
Source1 Location: | Gravel Hill, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.7157°N -75.3238°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 40feet |
Mouth: | Broadkill River |
Mouth Location: | Milton, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.7762°N -75.3032°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Broadkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Broadkill River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Harbeson Road, Cave Neck Road |
Round Pole Branch is a 5.24miles long first-order tributary to the Broadkill River in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Round Pole Branch rises on the Sockorockets Ditch divide at Gravel Hill, Delaware and then flows generally north-northeast to join the Broadkill River at Milton, Delaware.[3]
Round Pole Branch drains of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, and is about 24.30% forested.[2]