Puckum Branch
| Puckum Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Dorchester |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gales Creek divide |
| • location | about 4 miles northeast of Eldorado, Maryland |
| • coordinates | 38°37′9.00″N 075°45′46.00″W / 38.6191667°N 75.7627778°W |
| • elevation | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 1 mile east of Ennalls, Maryland |
• coordinates | 38°36′7.42″N 075°49′11.76″W / 38.6020611°N 75.8199333°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 3.99 mi (6.42 km) |
| Basin size | 3.58 square miles (9.3 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Marshyhope Creek |
| • average | 4.04 cu ft/s (0.114 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Eldorado-Federalsburg Road, Puckum Road |
Puckum Branch is a 3.99 mi (6.42 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.