House Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary)
House Creek Tributary to Crabtree Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Wake |
City | Raleigh |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between House Creek and Walnut Creek |
• location | Lake on the North Carolina State University Veterinary Science School |
• coordinates | 35°47′59″N 078°42′00″W / 35.79972°N 78.70000°W[1] |
• elevation | 425 ft (130 m)[2] |
Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | Raleigh, North Carolina near Crabtree Valley Mall |
• coordinates | 35°50′12″N 078°40′35″W / 35.83667°N 78.67639°W[1] |
• elevation | 223 ft (68 m)[2] |
Length | 3.22 mi (5.18 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.81 square miles (7.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Crabtree Creek |
• average | 3.36 cu ft/s (0.095 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 |
House Creek is a 3.22 mi (5.18 km) long 1st order tributary of Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina.
Course
[edit]House Creek rises in western Raleigh, North Carolina and flows northeast to meet Crabtree Creek near Crabtree Valley Mall.[5] The watershed is about 50% forested.[4]
Watershed
[edit]House Creek drains 2.81 square miles (7.3 km2) of area and is underlaid by the Crabtree terrane geologic formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 46.5 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 389.18. The watershed is about 12% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - House Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Crabtree Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "House Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Reedy Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh West Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Generalized Bedrock Geologic Map of Wake County, North Carolina" (PDF). County of Wake. Wake County, North Carolina. Retrieved 27 September 2019.