View source for Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributary)

{{short description|Stream in Delaware, USA}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Broad Creek
| name_native        =
| name_native_lang   =
| name_other         = Tributary to Nanticoke River
| name_etymology     =
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| map_size           = 180
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| pushpin_map        = Delaware#USA
| pushpin_map_size   = 180
| pushpin_map_caption= Location of Broad Creek mouth
| pushpin_map_alt     = Map of Broad Creek mouth location
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| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type2  = State
| subdivision_name2  = [[Delaware]]
| subdivision_type3  = County
| subdivision_name3  = [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex]]
| subdivision_type4  = City
| subdivision_name4  = [[Laurel, Delaware|Laurel]]<br />[[Bethel, Delaware|Bethel]]
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| subdivision_name5  =
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| length             = {{convert|8.00|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>
| width_min          =
| width_avg          =
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| discharge1_location= [[Nanticoke River]]
| discharge1_min     =
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|146.81|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with [[Nanticoke River]]<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=Broad Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=8397322 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>
| discharge1_max     =
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| source1            = confluence of Elliott Pond Branch and [[James Branch (Broad Creek tributary)|James Branch]]
| source1_location   = Lake Pines, Delaware<ref name="STopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/38.5576/-75.5579 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=13 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|38|33|31|N|075|34|03|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Broad Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:213711,Broad%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|8|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="STopoview"/>
| mouth              = [[Nanticoke River]]
| mouth_location     = about 0.5 miles west of Cherry Walk, Delaware<ref name="MTopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/38.5640/-75.6636 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=13 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|38|34|05|N|075|40|29|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/>
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="MTopoview"/>
| progression        = [[Nanticoke River]] → [[Chesapeake Bay]] → [[Atlantic Ocean]]<ref name="geoviewer"/>
| river_system       = [[Nanticoke River]]
| basin_size         = {{convert|123.77|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/>
| basin_population   =
| tributaries_left   = Copper Branch<br />[[Little_Creek_(Broad_Creek_tributary)|Little Creek]]<br />Holly Ditch<br />Collins and Culver Ditch<br />[[Tussocky_Branch_(Broad_Creek_tributary)|Tussocky Branch]]
| tributaries_right  = Rogers Branch
| waterbodies        = Records Pond
| bridges            = US 13, Willow Street, Delaware Avenue, North Central Avenue, North Poplar Street, Shell Bridge Road
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'''Broad Creek''' is a {{convert|8.00|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 4th order tributary to the [[Nanticoke River]] in [[Sussex County, Delaware]].
==Variant names==
According to the [[Geographic Names Information System]], it has also been known historically as:<ref name="GNIS"/>
*Broad Creek River
*Laurel River
==Course==
Broad Creek is formed at the confluence of Elliott Pond Branch and [[James Branch (Broad Creek tributary)|James Branch]] at Lake Pines, Delaware<ref name="STopoview"/> and then flows west into the [[Nanticoke River]] about 0.5 miles west of Cherry Walk.<ref name="MTopoview"/>
==Watershed==
Broad Creek drains {{convert|123.77|sqmi}} of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 718.86 and is about 14% forested.<ref name="watershed"/>
==See also==
*[[List of Delaware rivers]]
==References==
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{{Delaware}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Delaware]]
[[Category:Rivers of Sussex County, Delaware]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Nanticoke River]]
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