Shorts Ditch is a 2.14 mi (3.44 km) long 1st order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
| Shorts Ditch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Shorts Ditch mouth  Shorts Ditch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gravelly Branch divide |
| • location | about 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°41′59″N 075°29′54″W / 38.69972°N 75.49833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 35 ft (11 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′25″N 075°30′19″W / 38.67361°N 75.50528°W[1] |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.14 mi (3.44 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep Creek |
| • average | 3.08 cu ft/s (0.087 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest[4] |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Cokesbury Road |
Course
Shorts Ditch rises on the Gravelly Branch divide 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, and then flows southwest to join Deep Creek about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace.[3]
Watershed
Shorts Ditch drains 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2) of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 738.93, and is about 22% forested.[5]