title: Perkins Run (Delaware River tributary)
text: # Perkins Run (Delaware River tributary)
  
  Perkins Run is a 3.03 mi (4.88 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware. The run is named for the Perkins Farm that was located near the mouth.
  
  ## Course
  
  Perkins Run rises on the South Branch Naamans Creek divide in Arden, Delaware. Perkins Creek then flows southeast to meet the Delaware River about 0.2 miles east of Holly Oak.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Perkins Run drains 1.93 square miles (5.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 46.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 458.40 and is about 16.7% forested.
  
  