Rocky Run (Brandywine Creek tributary)

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Rocky Run
Tributary to Brandywine Creek
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Rocky Run in New Castle County, Delaware
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Location of Rocky Run mouth
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Rocky Run (Brandywine Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Physical characteristics
SourceSouth Branch Naamans Creek divide
 • locationDevonshire, Delaware [1]
 • coordinates 39°49′30″N075°32′01″W / 39.82500°N 75.53361°W / 39.82500; -75.53361 [2]
 • elevation380 ft (120 m) [1]
Mouth Brandywine Creek
 • location
about 0.25 miles northwest of Tavistock, Delaware [3]
 • coordinates
 39°48′40″N075°33′59″W / 39.81111°N 75.56639°W / 39.81111; -75.56639 [2]
 • elevation
135 ft (41 m) [3]
Length2.30 mi (3.70 km) [4]
Basin size1.67 square miles (4.3 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location Brandywine Creek
 • average2.65 cu ft/s (0.075 m3/s) at mouth with Brandywine Creek [5]
Basin features
Progressionwest-southwest [4]
River system Delaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • right Hurricane Run
BridgesShipley Road, Tunison Drive, Rockfield Drive S, US 202

Rocky Run is a stream in northern New Castle County, Delaware. [6] The stream flows for several miles through Brandywine Creek State Park and part of First State National Historical Park before feeding the larger Brandywine Creek. [7] [8] [9] Rocky Run itself is fed by Hurricane Run, also located in Brandywine Creek State Park. [8]

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Course

Rocky Run rises in Devonshire, Delaware in Devon Park [1] and then flows west-southwest to join Brandywine Creek about 0.25 miles northwest of Tavistock. [3]

Watershed

Rocky Run drains 1.67 square miles (4.3 km2) of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 477.25 and is about 31% forested. [5]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Rocky Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Rocky Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rocky Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  7. ↑ Heck, L. W. (1966). Delaware Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  8. 1 2 "Rocky Run Mountain Bike Trail, Greenville, Delaware". MTB Project. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  9. ↑ "Rocky Run, New Castle County, Delaware, Stream [Wilmington North USGS Topographic Map] by MyTopo". www.mytopo.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.


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