Draft:Northeast Creek
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| Northeast Creek Tributary to New Hope River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Chatham Durham |
| City | Durham |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Divide between Neuse River basin and Cape Fear River Basin[2] |
| • location | pond in Durham, North Carolina |
| • elevation | 217 feet (66 meters) [3] |
| Mouth | New Hope River |
• location | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
• coordinates | [4] |
| Length | 13 mi (21 km)[1] |
| Basin size | 47.35 square miles (122.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | New Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Southwest |
| River system | Haw River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Burdens Creek, Kit Creek, Panther Creek |
| • right | Unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
| Bridges | Glover Drive, NC 885, Channel Drop Drive, Ellis Road, Cornwallis Road, Alston Avenue, NC 55, Interstate 40, NC-54, Sedwick Road, Glendale Drive, NC Tobacco Trail, O'Kelly Chapel Road, NC-751 |
Northeast Creek is a 13 mi (21 km) long 4th order tributary to the New Hope River in Durham County and Chatham County, North Carolina. Northeast Creek begins in southeast Durham and flows through southern Durham and northeastern Chatham County before emptying into the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir near NC-751.
Course
[edit]Northeast Creek rises in a pond west of Rigsbee Road on the ridge between the Cape Fear River Basin and the Neuse River Basin divide in Durham, North Carolina. Norhtheast Creek then flows southwest to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County. [6]
Watershed
[edit]Northeast Creek drains 122.23 km2 of area. It receives about 116.1 cm a year of precipitation. In 2019,the watershed was 56% developed, 1.83% agricultural, 37% forested, and 1.21% open water. [7]
Water Quality
[edit]Northeast Creek was given a water quality index grade of 67 by the 2022 State of Our Streams Report published by the City of Durham. [8]
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/
- ^ https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/
- ^ "Location | Northeast Creek Streamwatch".
- ^ "How's My Waterway?". 6 December 2021.
- ^ https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/
- ^ |website=modelmywatershed.org |publisher=Stroud Water Research Center |accessdate=4 March 2024}}
- ^ "Northeast Creek | Durham, NC".
The article switches between metric and imperial units without consistency. There are minor typos, such as "Norhtheast Creek" instead of "Northeast Creek."
The article's introduction is too brief and lacks context.