Sandom Branch

Coordinates: 39°22′27″N 075°39′10″W / 39.37417°N 75.65278°W

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Sandom Branch Tributary to Blackbird Creek
Floodplain of Sandom Branch downstream of DE 1 in 2008
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Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle
Physical characteristics

Source	divide between Sandom Branch and Duck Creek
• location	about 2 miles south of Blackbird, Delaware^[2]
• coordinates	39°20′37″N 075°40′22″W / 39.34361°N 75.67278°W / 39.34361; -75.67278^[1]
• elevation	50 ft (15 m)^[2]

Mouth	Blackbird Creek
• location	Blackbird, Delaware^[2]
• coordinates	39°22′27″N 075°39′10″W / 39.37417°N 75.65278°W / 39.37417; -75.65278^[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)^[2]
Length	2.33 mi (3.75 km)^[3]
Basin size	2.78 square miles (7.2 km²)^[3]

Discharge
• location	Blackbird Creek
• average	3.28 cu ft/s (0.093 m³/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek^[3]

Basin features
Progression	Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Blackbird Creek
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries

Sandom Branch is a 2.33 mi (3.75 km) long tributary to Blackbird Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. Sandom Branch is one of the major tributaries to Blackbird Creek above tidal influence.

Course

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Sandom Branch rises on the Duck Creek divide about 2 miles south of Blackbird, Delaware.^[2]

Watershed

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Sandom Branch drains 2.78 square miles (7.2 km²) of area, receives about 43.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 556.57 and is about 22.6% forested.^[3]

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References

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^ ^a ^b "GNIS Detail - Sandom Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Sandom Branch Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Clayton Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sandom Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

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