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Fish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°27′12″N 078°52′25″W / 35.45333°N 78.87361°W / 35.45333; -78.87361
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Fish Creek
Tributary to Cape Fear River
Map of Fish Creek mouth location
Map of Fish Creek mouth location
Location of Fish Creek Creek mouth
Map of Fish Creek mouth location
Map of Fish Creek mouth location
Fish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyHarnett County
Physical characteristics
SourceCamels Creek divide
 • locationPond about 1 mile nonrt-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°25′18″N 078°56′00″W / 35.42167°N 78.93333°W / 35.42167; -78.93333[1]
 • elevation335 ft (102 m)[2]
MouthCape 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 / 35.45333; -78.87361[1]
 • elevation
115 ft (35 m)[2]
Length5.37 mi (8.64 km)[3]
Basin size7.68 square miles (19.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationCape Fear River
 • average8.34 cu ft/s (0.236 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear RiverAtlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesUS 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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Fish Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Fish Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Fish Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 September 2020.