Fish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
Appearance
Fish Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Harnett County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Camels Creek divide |
• location | Pond about 1 mile nonrt-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°25′18″N 078°56′00″W / 35.42167°N 78.93333°W[1] |
• elevation | 335 ft (102 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 4 miles southwest of Kipling, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°27′12″N 078°52′25″W / 35.45333°N 78.87361°W[1] |
• elevation | 115 ft (35 m)[2] |
Length | 5.37 mi (8.64 km)[3] |
Basin size | 7.68 square miles (19.9 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 8.34 cu ft/s (0.236 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | US 421, Community Road, US 421, S River Road |
Fish Creek is a 5.37 mi (8.64 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. The lower reaches of this stream are in Raven Rock State Park.
Course
[edit]Fish Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile north-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina and then flows southeast and makes a curve northeast to join the Cape Fear River about 4 miles southwest of Kipling, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Fish Creek drains 7.68 square miles (19.9 km2) of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 419.66 and is about 54% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Fish Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Fish Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Fish Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 September 2020.