Bakers Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
Appearance
Bakers Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Bladen |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bear Ford Swamp divide |
• location | Dublin, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°39′52″N 078°42′46″W / 34.66444°N 78.71278°W[1] |
• elevation | 126 ft (38 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 1 mile south of Yorick, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°39′19″N 078°35′21″W / 34.65528°N 78.58917°W[1] |
• elevation | 24 ft (7.3 m)[2] |
Length | 4.81 mi (7.74 km)[3] |
Basin size | 9.03 square miles (23.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 10.31 cu ft/s (0.292 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bomill Branch |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | McDaniel Lane, Lyon Landing Road, Rice Pond Road, Owen Hill Road |
Bakers Creek is a 4.81 mi (7.74 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
Course
[edit]Bakers Creek rises in Dublin, North Carolina on the Bear Ford Swamp divide and then flows southeast to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile southwest of Yorick, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Baker Creek drains 9.03 square miles (23.4 km2) of area, receives about 49.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 518.97 and is about 21% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]Additional Maps
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Bakers Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Bakers Creek Topo Map in Bladen". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Bakers Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 10 September 2020.