St. Jones River
| St. Jones River Tributary to Delaware Bay | |
|---|---|
The St. Jones River in Dover in 2006 | |
Location of the mouth of the St. Jones River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Kent |
| City | Dover |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Silver Lake |
| • location | Dover |
| • coordinates | 39°10′06″N 75°31′18″W / 39.16833°N 75.52167°W |
| • elevation | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Mouth | Delaware Bay |
• location | Bowers |
• coordinates | 39°03′57″N 75°24′03″W / 39.06583°N 75.40083°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 13 mi (21 km) |
| Basin size | 36 sq mi (93 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bowers Beach, Delaware |
| • average | 107.65 cu ft/s (3.048 m3/s) at mouth with Delaware Bay |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Delaware Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Fork Branch |
| • right | Puncheon Run Isaac Branch Tidbury Creek Cypress Branch Beaver Gut Ditch Trunk Ditch |
| Waterbodies | Silver Lake |
| Bridges | E Division Street, E Lookerman Street, Martin Luther King, jr. Blvd., US 13, Puncheon Run Connector, E Lebanon Road, DE 1 |
The St. Jones River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is 12.8 miles (20.6 km) long and drains an area of 36 square miles (93 km2) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.