Fall Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Lee |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Patchet Creek divide |
• location | pond about 0.25 miles northwest of Broadway, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′06″N 079°03′45″W / 35.46833°N 79.06250°W [1] |
• elevation | 465 ft (142 m) [2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 4 miles south of Corinth, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°31′54″N 078°58′55″W / 35.53167°N 78.98194°W [1] |
• elevation | 147 ft (45 m) [2] |
Length | 7.98 mi (12.84 km) [3] |
Basin size | 8.77 square miles (22.7 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 10.37 cu ft/s (0.294 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 | Salem Church Road, Copeland Road, Buckhorn Road |
Fall Creek is a 7.98 mi (12.84 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Lee County, North Carolina.
Fall Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northwest of Broadway, North Carolina and then flows northeasterly to join the Cape Fear River about 4 miles south of Corinth. [2]
Fall Creek drains 8.77 square miles (22.7 km2) of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 392.92 and is about 57% forested. [4]