title: Owens Branch (West Branch Gum Branch tributary)
text: # Owens Branch (West Branch Gum Branch tributary)
  
  Owens Branch is a 2.72 mi (4.38 km) long 1st order tributary to West Branch Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware.
  
  ## Course
  
  Owens Branch rises at Owens, Delaware and then flows south to join West Branch Gum Branch about 4 miles northeast of Greenwood.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Owens Branch drains 1.86 square miles (4.8 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 680.04 and is about 9% forested.
  
  