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Bundicks Branch (Love Creek tributary)

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Bundicks Branch
Tributary to Love Creek
Location of Bundicks Branch mouth
Location of Bundicks Branch mouth
Location of Bundicks Branch mouth
Location of Bundicks Branch mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Physical characteristics
SourceSimpler Branch divide
 • locationabout 0.5 miles west of Anderson Corner
 • coordinates38°42′00″N 075°16′48″W / 38.70000°N 75.28000°W / 38.70000; -75.28000[1]
 • elevation42 ft (13 m)[2]
MouthLove Creek
 • location
Goslee Millpond
 • coordinates
38°43′06″N 075°11′25″W / 38.71833°N 75.19028°W / 38.71833; -75.19028[1]
 • elevation
3 ft (0.91 m)[2]
Length7.01 mi (11.28 km)[3]
Basin size7.00 square miles (18.1 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • average8.31 cu ft/s (0.235 m3/s) at mouth with Love Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally east
River systemRehoboth Bay
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesRust Road
Harbeson Road
Cool Spring Road
Hopkins Road
DE 23

Bundicks Branch is a 7.01 mi (11.28 km) long 1st order tributary to Love Creek, in Sussex County, Delaware.

Variant names

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According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Bundick's Creek

Course

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Bundicks Branch rises on the Simpler Branch divide about 0.5 miles west of Anderson Corner in Sussex County, Delaware. Bundicks Branch then flows generally east to meet Love Creek within Goslee Millpond.[2]

Watershed

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Bundicks Branch drains 7.00 square miles (18.1 km2) of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 640.38 and is about 27.7% forested.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Bundicks Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Bundicks Branch Topo Map, Sussex County DE (Fairmount Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Bundicks Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 February 2020.