title: Parker Branch (Gum Branch tributary)
text: # Parker Branch (Gum Branch tributary)
  
  Parker Branch is a 3.21 mi (5.17 km) long 1st order tributary to Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware.
  
  ## Course
  
  Parker Branch rises on the Beaver Dam Branch divide about 2 miles west-southwest of Ellendale, Delaware and then flows southwest to join Gum Branch about 3 miles southwest of Ellendale.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Parker Branch drains 2.35 square miles (6.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 738.49 and is about 11% forested.
  
  