Brooks Creek Tributary to Haw River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Brooks Creek and Dry Creek |
• location | pond about 1.5 miles north of Gum Springs, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°46′29″N 079°09′00″W / 35.77472°N 79.15000°W [1] |
• elevation | 505 ft (154 m) [2] |
Mouth | Haw River |
• location | Bynum, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°46′37″N 079°14′32″W / 35.77694°N 79.24222°W [1] |
• elevation | 305 ft (93 m) [2] |
Length | 6.79 mi (10.93 km) [3] |
Basin size | 9.90 square miles (25.6 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Haw River |
• average | 12.09 cu ft/s (0.342 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Haw River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | NC 87, Old Graham Road, Bent Tree, Eddie Perry Road |
Brooks Creek is a 6.79 mi (10.93 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Brooks Creek rises about 1.5 miles north of Gum Springs, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows east to the Haw River across from Bynum. [2]
Brooks Creek drains 9.90 square miles (25.6 km2) of area, receives about 47.4 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 424.50 and is about 74% forested. [4]