Big Governors Creek
| Big Governors Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Big Governors Creek mouth  Big Governors Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Lee Moore |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Herds Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles southwest of White Hill, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°22′15″N 079°18′25″W / 35.37083°N 79.30694°W[1] |
| • elevation | 465 ft (142 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Haw Branch, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′39″N 079°21′35″W / 35.47750°N 79.35972°W[1] |
• elevation | 226 ft (69 m)[2] |
| Length | 13.71 mi (22.06 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 40.87 square miles (105.9 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep River |
| • average | 46.70 cu ft/s (1.322 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | McIntosh Creek Crawley Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Torchwood Road, Old River Road, Wadsworth Road, Underwood Road, Harrington Road |
Big Governors Creek is a 13.71 mi (22.06 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee and Moore Counties, North Carolina. This creek forms the Lee-Moore county line, in part and is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Governors Creek
- Millstone Creek
Course
[edit]Big Governors Creek rises about 0.5 miles southwest of White Hill in Moore County and then flows northwest and north to join the Deep River about 1.5 miles southeast of Haw Branch, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Big Governors Creek drains 40.87 square miles (105.9 km2) of area, receives about 48.4 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 380.16 and is about 65% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Big Governors Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Big Governors Creek Topo Map in Moore". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Big Governors Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2020.