Willis Branch Tributary to Leipsic River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Pond on the Fork Branch divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Seven Hickories, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°12′43″N 075°36′59″W / 39.21194°N 75.61639°W[1] |
• elevation | 52 ft (16 m)[2] |
Mouth | Leipsic River (Garrisons Lake) |
• location | about 1.5 miles northwest of Bishops Corner, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°14′38″N 075°35′43″W / 39.24389°N 75.59528°W[1] |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] |
Length | 3.23 mi (5.20 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.79 square miles (7.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 3.42 cu ft/s (0.097 m3/s) at mouth with Leipsic River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Leipsic River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Lynnbury Woods Road, Moorton Road |
Willis Branch is a 3.23 mi (5.20 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Leipsic River in Kent County, Delaware.
Willis Branch rises in a pond on the Fork Branch divide about 0.5 miles east of Seven Hickories, Delaware.[2]
Willis Branch drains 2.79 square miles (7.2 km2) of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 557.46 and is about 8.0% forested.[4]