Puckum Branch
# Puckum Branch

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.

## Course

Puckum Branch rises about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Eldorado, Maryland and then flows west-southwest to join Marshyhope Creek about 1 mile east of Ennalls, Maryland.

## Watershed

Puckum Branch drains 3.58 square miles (9.3 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 44.4 in/year of precipitation and is about 22.74% forested.

