Browns Creek is a 27.78 mi (44.71 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
| Browns Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Browns Creek mouth  Browns Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Bladen |
| City | Elizabethtown |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sheriff White Bay, a Carolina Bay |
| • location | about 1 mile southeast of Dublin, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 34°38′03″N 078°41′07″W / 34.63417°N 78.68528°W[1] |
| • elevation | 125 ft (38 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 1.5 miles east of Elizabethtown, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°37′33″N 078°33′36″W / 34.62583°N 78.56000°W[1] |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m)[2] |
| Length | 18.79 mi (30.24 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 18.79 square miles (48.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cape Fear River |
| • average | 21.00 cu ft/s (0.595 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 |
| Waterbodies | Cross Pond |
| Bridges | Hugs Hog Farm Road, Browns Creek Church Road, Westwood Drive, unnamed road, Peanut Plant Road, NC 87, Martin Luther King Drive, US 701-NC 242, Mercer Mill Road, NC 87 |
Course
editBrowns Creek rises in Sheriff White Pond, a Carolina Bay, about 1 mile southeast of Dublin, North Carolina. Browns Creek then flows southeast and east through the south side of Elizabethtown to join the Cape Fear River about 1.5 miles east of Elizabethtown, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
editBrowns Creek drains 18.79 square miles (48.7 km2) of area, receives about 49.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 561.30 and is about 21% forested.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Browns Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Turnbull Creek Topo Map in Bladen". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Browns Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2020.