Husbands Run is a 1.71 mi (2.75 km) long tributary to Brandywine Creek in New Castle County, Delaware north of Wilmington, Delaware. It rises in Woodley Park between the Tavistock Woodbrook, Sharpley and Edenridge neighborhoods. It flows through DuPont Country Club, where it is joined by the Willow Run and mouths north of Delaware Route 141. The Husbands were early settlers to the region.[5]
| Husbands Run Tributary to Brandywine Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Husbands Run mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Brandywine Creek and Shellpot Creek |
| • location | Talleyville, Delaware[2] |
| • coordinates | 39°48′17″N 075°33′06″W / 39.80472°N 75.55167°W[1] |
| • elevation | 360 ft (110 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Brandywine Creek |
• location | Wilmington, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 39°46′55″N 075°34′12″W / 39.78194°N 75.57000°W[1] |
• elevation | 110 ft (34 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.71 mi (2.75 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.53 square miles (4.0 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brandywine Creek |
| • average | 2.35 cu ft/s (0.067 m3/s) at mouth with Brandywine Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest |
| River system | Christina River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Willow Run |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Husbands Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Husbands Run Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Wilmington North Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Husbands Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ Milord, Maureen (January 23, 2015). "Talley family landmark threatened". The News Journal (Delaware Online). Retrieved September 8, 2021.