| Chestnut Run Tributary to Little Mill Creek | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| City | Elsmere |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Brandywine Creek divide |
| • location | Silverbrook, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 39°45′34″N 075°35′59″W / 39.75944°N 75.59972°W[1] |
| • elevation | 150 ft (46 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Little Mill Creek |
• location | Elsmere, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°44′12″N 075°36′24″W / 39.73667°N 75.60667°W[1] |
• elevation | 75 ft (23 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.63 mi (2.62 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.22 square miles (3.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.74 cu ft/s (0.049 m3/s) at mouth with Little Mill Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest |
| River system | Christina River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | DE 48 Oak Hill Drive DE 34 Jefferson Avenue DE 2 Forest Avenue |
Chestnut Run is a 1.63 mi (2.62 km) long 2nd order tributary to Little Mill Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Course
Chestnut Run rises on the Brandywine Creek divide at Silverside in New Castle County, Delaware. Chestnut Run then flows southwest to meet Little Mill Creek at Elsmere, Delaware.[2]
Watershed
Chestnut Run drains 1.22 square miles (3.2 km2) of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 487.43 and is about 12.4% forested.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Chestnut Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Little Mill Creek Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Wilmington South Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Chestnut Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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