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Parkers Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°31′11″N 078°58′01″W / 35.51972°N 78.96694°W / 35.51972; -78.96694
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Parkers Creek
Tributary to Cape Fear River
Map of Parkers Creek mouth location
Map of Parkers Creek mouth location
Location of Parkers Creek Creek mouth
Map of Parkers Creek mouth location
Map of Parkers Creek mouth location
Parkers Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyHarnett County
Physical characteristics
SourceBuckhorn Creek divide
 • locationPond at Duncan, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°33′40″N 078°52′31″W / 35.56111°N 78.87528°W / 35.56111; -78.87528[1]
 • elevation435 ft (133 m)[2]
MouthCape Fear River
 • location
about 3 miles west of Cokesbury, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°31′11″N 078°58′01″W / 35.51972°N 78.96694°W / 35.51972; -78.96694[1]
 • elevation
142 ft (43 m)[2]
Length7.13 mi (11.47 km)[3]
Basin size9.31 square miles (24.1 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationCape Fear River
 • average10.83 cu ft/s (0.307 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear RiverAtlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesCokesbury Park Lane, Wade Stephenson Road, Ball Road

Parkers Creek is a 7.13 mi (11.47 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina.

Course

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Parkers Creek rises in a pond at Duncan, North Carolina and then flows southwest to join the Cape Fear River about 3 miles west of Cokesbury, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

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Parkers Creek drains 9.31 square miles (24.1 km2) of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 376.70 and is about 66% forested.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Parkers Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Parkers Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Parkers Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2020.