Albertson Brook, also called Albertsons Brook, is the name of Nescochague Creek upstream of the confluence with Great Swamp Brook in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States.
| Albertson Brook Tributary to Nescochague Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Albertson Brook mouth  Albertson Brook (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Counties | Atlantic Camden |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Blue Anchor Branch and Pump Branch |
| • location | about 1 mile northeast of Elm, New Jersey |
| • coordinates | 39°41′33″N 74°48′44″W / 39.69250°N 74.81222°W[1] |
| • elevation | 76 ft (23 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Nescochague Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Hammonton, New Jersey |
• coordinates | 39°40′56″N 74°43′17″W / 39.68222°N 74.72139°W[1] |
• elevation | 33 ft (10 m)[3] |
| Length | 5.80 mi (9.33 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 20.25 square miles (52.4 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Nescochague Creek |
| • average | 26.84 cu ft/s (0.760 m3/s) at mouth with Nescochague Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nescochague Creek → Mullica River → Great Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Mullica River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pump Branch |
| • right | Blue Anchor Branch |
| Waterbodies | Paradise Lake |
| Bridges | US 206 |
Albertson Brook is near Hammonton, New Jersey, and flows for 6.3 miles (10.1 km)[6] through Atlantic and Camden counties.
It has a drainage area of 17.1 square miles (44 km2), of which nearly half is forest land, and the rest is split between urban and agricultural uses, both of which have tended to pollute the brook in the past.
It is formed by the confluence of the Pump Branch and Blue Anchor Brook.
Tributaries
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Albertson Brook". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Albertson Brook Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
External links
edit- USGS gauging station, Route 206 crossing
- National Park Service, National Center for Recreation and Conservation
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