Reedy Creek Tributary to
Crabtree Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Wake |
City |
Raleigh Cary |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Reedy Creek and Walnut Creek |
• location | near the WPTF towers in Cary, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°47′40″N 078°45′44″W / 35.79444°N 78.76222°W [1] |
• elevation | 460 ft (140 m) [2] |
Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | William B. Umstead State Park, about 1 mile west of Raleigh, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°50′27″N 078°44′36″W / 35.84083°N 78.74333°W [1] |
• elevation | 243 ft (74 m) [1] |
Length | 4.50 mi (7.24 km) [3] |
Basin size | 4.44 square miles (11.5 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Crabtree Creek |
• average | 5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Neuse River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | Reedy Creek Lake |
Reedy Creek is a 4.50 mi (7.24 km) long 2nd order tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina. [4]
Reedy Creek rises near the WPTF radio towers then flows north into William B. Umstead State Park where it meets Crabtree Creek. [2] The watershed is about 50% forested. [4]
Reedy Creek drains 4.44 square miles (11.5 km2) of area and is underlaid by the Raleigh terrane geologic formation. [5] The watershed receives an average of 46.1 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 386.39. [4]