Shorts Ditch

Shorts Ditch is a 2.14 mi (3.44 km) long 1st order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Shorts Ditch Tributary to Deep Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Physical characteristics
Source	Gravelly Branch divide
• location	about 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware
• coordinates	38°41′59″N 075°29′54″W / 38.69972°N 75.49833°W / 38.69972; -75.49833^[1]
• elevation	35 ft (11 m)^[2]
Mouth	Deep Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware
• coordinates	38°40′25″N 075°30′19″W / 38.67361°N 75.50528°W / 38.67361; -75.50528^[1]
• elevation	20 ft (6.1 m)^[3]
Length	2.14 mi (3.44 km)^[4]
Basin size	2.53 square miles (6.6 km^2)^[5]
Discharge
• location	Deep Creek
• average	3.08 cu ft/s (0.087 m^3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek^[5]
Basin features
Progression	southwest^[4]
River system	Nanticoke River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Cokesbury Road

Course

Shorts Ditch rises on the Gravelly Branch divide 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, and then flows southwest to join Deep Creek about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace.^[3]

Watershed

Shorts Ditch drains 2.53 square miles (6.6 km²) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 738.93, and is about 22% forested.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Delaware

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Shorts Ditch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
3. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
5. "Shorts Ditch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 May 2021.