Bennefield Branch (Leipsic River tributary)

Bennefield 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 0.5 miles west of Whitehall Crossroads, Delaware
• coordinates	39°16′08″N 075°32′03″W[1]
• elevation	20 ft (6.1 m)[2]
Mouth	Leipsic River
• location	about 0.5 miles northwest of Leipsic, Delaware
• coordinates	39°15′09″N 075°32′03″W[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length	1.40 mi (2.25 km)[3]
Basin size	1.29 square miles (3.3 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Leipsic River
• average	1.59 cu ft/s (0.045 m^3/s) at mouth with Leipsic River[4]
Basin features
Progression	south
River system	Leipsic River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Big Woods Road

Bennefield Branch is a 1.40 mi (2.25 km) long 1st order tributary to the Leipsic River in Kent County, Delaware.

Course

Bennefield Branch rises on the Finis Branch divide about 0.5 miles west of Whitehall Crossroads, Delaware. Bennefield Branch then flows south to meet the Leipsic River about 0.5 miles northwest of Leipsic.^[2]

Watershed

Bennefield Branch drains 1.29 square miles (3.3 km²) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 684.33 and is about 0% forested.^[4]

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Bennefield Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
2. "Bennefield Branch Topo Map, Kent County DE (Smyrna Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
4. "Bennefield Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 November 2019.