title: Bearhole Ditch (Dirickson Creek tributary)
text: # Bearhole Ditch (Dirickson Creek tributary)
  
  Bearhole Ditch is a 4.57 mi (7.35 km) long 2nd order tributary to Dirickson Creek, in Sussex County, Delaware.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Bear Hole Ditch
  * Dirickson Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Bearhole Ditch rises on the Vines Creek divide about 1 mile north of Selbyville in Sussex County, Delaware. Bearhole Ditch then flows generally east to meet Dirickson Creek about 0.1 miles north of Johnson, Delaware.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Bearhole Ditch drains 7.78 square miles (20.2 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 723.32 and is about 3.5% forested.
  
  