Sandom Branch

{{short description|Stream in Delaware, USA}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Sandom Branch

| name_native =

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| name_other = Tributary to Blackbird Creek

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| image = Floodplain of Sandom Branch downstream of DE 1.jpg

| image_caption = Floodplain of Sandom Branch downstream of DE 1 in 2008

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| map_size = 180

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| pushpin_map = USA Delaware#USA

| pushpin_map_size = 180

| pushpin_map_caption= Location of Sandom Branch mouth

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Delaware

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = New Castle

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| length = {{convert|2.33|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Sandom Branch Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=4653426 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=31 July 2019}}

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| discharge1_location= Blackbird Creek

| discharge1_min =

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|3.28|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Blackbird Creek{{cite web |title=Sandom Branch Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=4653426 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=31 July 2019}}

| discharge1_max =

| source1 = divide between Sandom Branch and Duck Creek

| source1_location = about 2 miles south of Blackbird, Delaware{{cite web |title=Sandom Branch Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Clayton Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/delaware/new-castle-de/stream/sandom-branch/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=31 July 2019 |language=en}}

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|39|20|37|N|075|40|22|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Sandom Branch |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:214607,Sandom%20Branch |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=31 July 2019}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|50|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Blackbird Creek

| mouth_location = Blackbird, Delaware

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|39|22|27|N|075|39|10|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|abbr=on}}

| progression = Blackbird CreekDelaware BayAtlantic Ocean

| river_system = Blackbird Creek

| basin_size = {{convert|2.78|sqmi}}

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| tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries

| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries

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Sandom Branch is a {{convert|2.33|mi|km|abbr=on}} 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

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

Watershed

Sandom Branch drains {{convert|2.78|sqmi}} of area, receives about 43.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 556.57 and is about 22.6% forested.

See also

Maps

References

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Category:Rivers of Delaware

Category:Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware

Category:Tributaries of Delaware Bay

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