Back Creek (Caraway Creek tributary)
| Back Creek Tributary to Caraway Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Back Creek mouth  Back Creek (Caraway Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Randolph |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Deep River divide |
| • location | about 3 miles south of Randleman, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°47′43″N 079°50′05″W / 35.79528°N 79.83472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 730 ft (220 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Caraway Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Farmer, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°41′12″N 079°56′20″W / 35.68667°N 79.93889°W[1] |
• elevation | 413 ft (126 m)[2] |
| Length | 9.78 mi (15.74 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 37.98 square miles (98.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Caraway Creek |
| • average | 42.46 cu ft/s (1.202 m3/s) at mouth with Caraway Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Caraway Creek → Uwharrie River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Greenes Branch Cedar Fork Cable Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Back Creek Lake |
| Bridges | I-74, Turner Dairy Road, Health Dairy Road, Pineview Street, Spero Road, Lake Lucas Road, Old Lexington Road, Back Creek Road |
Back Creek is a 9.78 mi (15.74 km) long 4th order tributary to Caraway Creek, in Randolph County, North Carolina.
Course
[edit]Back Creek rises on the Deep River divide about 3 miles south of Randleman in Randolph County, North Carolina. Back Creek then flows south-southeast to meet Caraway Creek about 3 miles northeast of Farmer.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Back Creek drains 37.98 square miles (98.4 km2) of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 374.06 and is about 52% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Back Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Caraway Creek Topo Map, Randolph County NC (Farmer Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Back Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 November 2019.