Bogy Run (White Clay Creek Tributary)
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Bogy Run is a long 1st order tributary to
White Clay Creek White Clay Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Christina River in southern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States. ...
in
New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...
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Variant names

According to the
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, it has also been known historically as: *Boogy Run


Course

Bogy Run rises on the
Christina River The Christina River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 35 miles (56 km) long, in northern Delaware in the United States, also flowing through small areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland. Near i ...
divide in Newark in
New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...
. Bogy Run then flows southeast and then turns northeast to meet White Clay Creek at
Newark, Delaware Newark ( )Not as in Newark, New Jersey. is a small city in New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located west-southwest of Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington. According to the 2010 United States Census, ...
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Watershed

Bogy Run drains of area, receives about 46.0 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 430.04 and is about 10.8% forested.


See also

* List of rivers of Delaware


References

Rivers of Delaware Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-river-stub