Browns Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

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
Map of Browns Creek mouth location
Map of Browns Creek mouth location
Location of Browns Creek mouth
Map of Browns Creek mouth location
Map of Browns Creek mouth location
Browns Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyBladen
CityElizabethtown
Physical characteristics
SourceSheriff White Bay, a Carolina Bay
 • locationabout 1 mile southeast of Dublin, North Carolina
 • coordinates34°38′03″N 078°41′07″W / 34.63417°N 78.68528°W / 34.63417; -78.68528[1]
 • elevation125 ft (38 m)[2]
MouthCape 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 / 34.62583; -78.56000[1]
 • elevation
23 ft (7.0 m)[2]
Length18.79 mi (30.24 km)[3]
Basin size18.79 square miles (48.7 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationCape Fear River
 • average21.00 cu ft/s (0.595 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear RiverAtlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
WaterbodiesCross Pond
BridgesHugs 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

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Browns 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

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Browns 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Browns Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Turnbull Creek Topo Map in Bladen". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Browns Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2020.