Big Branch is a 3.59 mi (5.78 km) long tributary of Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina,[4] and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[3]
| Big Branch Tributary to Crabtree Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Big Branch mouth  Big Branch (Crabtree Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Wake |
| City | Raleigh |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Big Branch and Mine Creek |
| • location | Raleigh, North Carolina near Falls of the Neuse Road |
| • coordinates | 35°51′54″N 78°37′44″W / 35.86500°N 78.62889°W[1] |
| • elevation | 400 ft (120 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | Raleigh, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°49′02″N 78°37′44″W / 35.8172°N 78.6289°W |
• elevation | 200 ft (61 m)[2] |
| Length | 3.59 mi (5.78 km)[1] |
| Basin size | 3.98 square miles (10.3 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Crabtree Creek |
| • average | 4.70 cu ft/s (0.133 m3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Neuse River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Shanda Drive, Spring Forest Road, Maple Ridge Road, East Millbrook Road, Purdue Street, Compton Road, Hardimont Road, St. Albans Drive, US 1, Cheswick Drive, Six Forks Road |
Course
editBig Branch rises in northern Raleigh, North Carolina, then flows south to meet Crabtree Creek across from Kiwanis Park. It is a developed watershed with only 7% of the watershed considered to be forested.
Watershed
editBig Branch drains 3.98 square miles (10.3 km2) of area. The upper part of the watershed is underlaid by Falls Leucogneiss. The middle and lower watershed is underlaid by Raleigh Gneiss geology.[5] The watershed receives an average of 46.5 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 415.15.[3]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Mine Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh West Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Big Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Big Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Wake County Geologic Map". www.arcgis.com. North Carolina Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 September 2019.