Benson Creek Tributary to Stewarts Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Surry |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Pauls Creek divide |
• location | pond about 4 miles east-northeast of Crooked Oak, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°32′50″N 080°42′08″W / 36.54722°N 80.70222°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,330 ft (410 m) [2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 2 miles west-northwest of Toast, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°30′37″N 080°40′34″W / 36.51028°N 80.67611°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,053 ft (321 m) [3] |
Length | 3.11 mi (5.01 km) [4] |
Basin size | 2.24 square miles (5.8 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Stewarts Creek |
• average | 3.48 cu ft/s (0.099 m3/s) at mouth with Stewarts Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Stewarts Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Sparger Road |
Benson Creek is a 3.11 mi (5.01 km) long 1st order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Benson Creek rises in a pond about 4 miles east-northeast of Crooked Oak, North Carolina and then flows southeast to join Stewarts Creek about 2 miles west-northwest of Toast, North Carolina. [3]
Benson Creek drains 2.24 square miles (5.8 km2) of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 324.48, and is about 57% forested. [5]