Pemberton Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
Appearance
Pemberton Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Bladen |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Browns Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°36′46″N 078°33′52″W / 34.61278°N 78.56444°W[1] |
• elevation | 37 ft (11 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 3.5 miles south-southwest of White Lake, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°35′35″N 078°31′42″W / 34.59306°N 78.52833°W[1] |
• elevation | 15 ft (4.6 m)[2] |
Length | 3.24 mi (5.21 km)[3] |
Basin size | 1.66 square miles (4.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 2.04 cu ft/s (0.058 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 | none |
Pemberton Creek is a 3.24 mi (5.21 km) long 1st order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
Course
[edit]Pemberton Creek rises on the Browns Creek divide about 3.5 miles south-southwest of White Lake, North Carolina. Pemberton Creek then flows southeast to join the Cape Fear River about 2 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Pemberton Creek drains 1.66 square miles (4.3 km2) of area, receives about 49.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 569.34 and is about 7% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Pemberton Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hammonds Creek Topo Map in Bladen". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Pemberton Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2020.