Matson Run

{{Short description|Stream in Delaware, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Matson Run | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Tributary to Shellpot Creek | name_etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = 180 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Delaware#USA | pushpin_map_size = 180 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of Matson Run mouth | pushpin_map_alt = Map of Matson Run mouth location  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Delaware | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = New Castle | subdivision_type4 = City | subdivision_name4 = Bellefonte | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|2.25|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= Shellpot Creek | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|1.88|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Shellpot Creek<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=Matson Run Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=4651240 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Alapocas Run divide | source1_location = Blue Ball, Delaware<ref name="STopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/39.7774/-75.5425 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=6 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | source1_coordinates= {{coord|39|47|04|N|075|32|23|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail – Matson Run |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:214286,Matson%20Run |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|260|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="STopoview"/> | mouth = Shellpot Creek | mouth_location = Bellefonte, Delaware<ref name="MTopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/39.7645/-75.5171 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=6 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|39|45|42|N|075|31|04|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|20|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="MTopoview"/> | progression = generally southeast<ref name="geoviewer"/> | river_system = Delaware River | basin_size = {{convert|1.28|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/> | basin_population = | tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries | tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries | waterbodies = | bridges = Foulk Road, Weldin Road, I-95, Miller Road, W Lea Boulevard (x2) | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''Matson Run''' is a {{convert|2.25|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 1st order tributary to Shellpot Creek in New Castle County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>

==Variant names== According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:<ref name="GNIS"/> *Mattsons Run

==Course== Matson Run rises in Blue Ball, Delaware<ref name="STopoview"/> and then flows southeast to join Shellpot Creek at Bellefonte, Delaware.<ref name="MTopoview"/>

==Watershed== Matson Run drains {{convert|1.28|sqmi}} of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 499.25, and is about 11% forested.<ref name="watershed"/>

==See also== *List of Delaware rivers

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Rivers of Delaware Category:Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware Category:Tributaries of the Delaware River