Chestnut Run (Little Mill Creek tributary)
| Chestnut Run Tributary to Little Mill Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Chestnut Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c "Chestnut Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
