title: McColleys Branch
text: # McColleys Branch
  
  McColleys Branch is a 4.28 mi (6.89 km) long 2nd order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * McColley Branch
  * New Ditch
  
  ## Course
  
  McColleys Branch rises on the Horse Pound Swamp Ditch divide about 0.5 miles southwest of Bull Pine Corners, Delaware, and then flows northwesterly to join Deep Creek about 3 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  McColleys Branch drains 11.84 square miles (30.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 708.10, and is about 22% forested.
  
  