Rum Bridge Branch
| Rum Bridge Branch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
|---|---|
Location of Rum Bridge Branch mouth Rum Bridge Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Raccoon Ditch divide |
| • location | McDonalds Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°40′02″N 075°26′32″W / 38.66722°N 75.44222°W |
| • elevation | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′35″N 075°29′13″W / 38.67639°N 75.48694°W |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Length | 2.63 mi (4.23 km) |
| Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep Creek |
| • average | 3.11 cu ft/s (0.088 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Raccoon Ditch Road, Rum Bridge Road |
Rum Bridge Branch is a 2.63 mi (4.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.