Hoopers Branch Tributary to Reddies River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Wilkes |
City | North Wilkesboro |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide of unnamed tributary to Mulberry Creek |
• location | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°10′41″N 081°08′55″W / 36.17806°N 81.14861°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,120 ft (340 m) [2] |
Mouth | Reddies River |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°10′11″N 081°10′09″W / 36.16972°N 81.16917°W [1] |
• elevation | 975 ft (297 m) [2] |
Length | 0.95 mi (1.53 km) [3] |
Basin size | 0.71 square miles (1.8 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Reddies River |
• average | 1.33 cu ft/s (0.038 m3/s) at mouth with Reddies River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southwest |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Riverside Drive, Hackett Street, NW Reservoir Road |
Hoopers Branch is a 0.95 mi (1.53 km) long first order tributary to the Reddies River in Wilkes County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. [1]
Hoopers Branch rises in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina and then flows southwest to join the Reddies River at about 0.5 miles west of North Wilkesboro. [2]
Hooper Branch drains 0.71 square miles (1.8 km2) of area, receives about 51.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 307.83, and is about 41% forested. [4]