Herring Run (Blackbird Creek tributary)

Herring Run is a 2.26-mile-long (3.64 km) tributary to Blackbird Creek in northern Delaware in the United States.

Herring Run
Tributary to Blackbird Creek
Location of Herring Run mouth
Location of Herring Run mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Physical characteristics
SourceOn divide between Herring Run and Appoquinimink River
 • locationabout 0.5 miles east of Townsend, Delaware
 • coordinates39°23′49″N 075°40′33″W[1]
 • elevation70 ft (21 m)[2]
MouthBlackbird Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles east of H&H Corner, Delaware
 • coordinates
39°23′00″N 075°38′31″W[1]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length2.26 mi (3.64 km)[3]
Basin size10.29 square miles (26.7 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationBlackbird Creek
 • average2.42 cu ft/s (0.069 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[4]
Basin features
ProgressionBlackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesDE 1, US 13, Union Church Road

Course

Herring Run rises east of Townsend in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to meet Blackbird Creek east of H&H Corner.

Watershed

The Herring Run watershed is about 26% forested and 64% agricultural with the rest being other land uses. The watershed receives approximately 43.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 602.69.[4]

See also

Maps
Course and Watershed of Herring Run (Blackbird Creek tributary) in New Castle County, Delaware

References
  1. "GNIS Detail - Herring Run". US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. "Herring Run Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Middletown Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. "Herring Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.



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