Asketum Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Tyndall Branch, in
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...
.
Course
Asketum Branch rises on the Shoal Branch divide about 0.25 miles southeast of Jones Crossroads in
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...
. Asketum Branch then flows northwest to meet
Tyndall Branch about 0.5 miles north of Hardscrabble.
Watershed
Asketum Branch drains of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a
topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ...
of 665.35 and is about 10.35% forested.
See also
*
List of rivers of Delaware
List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.
Major rivers and creeks (27)
*Appoquinimink River
*Blackbird Creek
*Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), Brandywine Creek
*Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributa ...
References
Rivers of Delaware
Tributaries of the Nanticoke River
{{Delaware-river-stub