Brooks Creek (Haw River tributary)
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.
Course
[edit]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]
Watershed
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Brooks Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Brooks Creek Topo Map, Chatham County NC (Bynum Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Brooks Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 September 2019.