Matson Run is a long 1st order tributary to

Shellpot Creek Shellpot Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in northeast New Castle County, Delaware. The stream rises between Grubb Road and Shipley Road, south of Naaman's Road at in Brandywine Hundred and flows southeast for about six miles before ...

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. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Variant names

According to the

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, it has also been known historically as: *Mattsons Run

Course

Matson Run rises in

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and then flows southeast to join

at Bellefonte, Delaware.

Watershed

Matson Run drains of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 499.25 and is about 11% forested.

References

Rivers of Delaware Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware Tributaries of the Delaware River {{Delaware-river-stub

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