McColleys Branch
| McColleys Branch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
|---|---|
Location of McColleys Branch mouth McColleys Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Horse Pound Swamp Ditch divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Bull Pine Corners, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°41′00″N 075°25′58″W / 38.68333°N 75.43278°W |
| • elevation | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 3 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°41′07″N 075°28′48″W / 38.68528°N 75.48000°W |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Length | 4.28 mi (6.89 km) |
| Basin size | 11.84 square miles (30.7 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep Creek |
| • average | 14.54 cu ft/s (0.412 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Raccoon Ditch |
| • right | New Ditch Layton-Vaugh Ditch |
| Bridges | E Trap Pond Road, US 9, Warrington Road, Asbury Road, Raccoon Ditch Road, Rum Bridge Road |
McColleys Branch is a 4.28 mi (6.89 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.