Toms Dam Branch

Stream in Delaware, USA

38°50′32″N 075°30′48″W / 38.84222°N 75.51333°W / 38.84222; -75.51333^[1] • elevation55 ft (17 m)^[2] MouthGum Branch

• location

about 2 miles east-northeast of Bridgeville, Delaware^[3]

• coordinates

38°45′17″N 075°33′04″W / 38.75472°N 75.55111°W / 38.75472; -75.55111^[1]

• elevation

23 ft (7.0 m)^[3]Length8.87 mi (14.27 km)^[4]Basin size10.74 square miles (27.8 km²)^[5]Discharge • locationGum Branch • average13.36 cu ft/s (0.378 m³/s) at mouth with Gum Branch^[5] Basin featuresProgressionGum Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean^[4]River systemNanticoke RiverTributaries • leftCrony Pond Branch • rightLong BranchBridgesStaytonville Road, Bender Farm Road, Utica Road, Beach Highway, Tuckers Road, Sharps Mill Road

Toms Dam Branch is a 8.87 mi (14.27 km) long 2nd tributary to Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Variant names

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

Saint Johnstown Ditch

Course

Toms Dam Branch rises about 0.5 miles south of Staytonville, Delaware^[2] and then flows south to join Gum Branch about 2 miles east-northeast of Bridgeville.^[3]

Watershed

Toms Dam Branch drains 10.74 square miles (27.8 km²) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 742.48 and is about 10% forested.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "GNIS Detail – Toms Dam Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Toms Dam Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.