Mine Creek is a tributary of Crabtree Creek that rises in the northern Raleigh, North Carolina. The creek then flows southwest to Shelley Lake and then south to Crabtree Creek. The watershed is about 19% forested.
| Mine Creek Tributary to Crabtree Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Mine Creek mouth  Mine Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Wake |
| City | Raleigh |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Mine Creek and Perry Creek |
| • location | Raleigh, North Carolina near Falls of the Neuse Road |
| • coordinates | 35°51′48″N 078°38′25″W / 35.86333°N 78.64028°W[1] |
| • elevation | 395 ft (120 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | Raleigh, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°50′18″N 078°39′51″W / 35.83833°N 78.66417°W[1] |
• elevation | 210 ft (64 m)[1] |
| Length | 4.58 mi (7.37 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 10.21 square miles (26.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Crabtree Creek |
| • average | 11.59 cu ft/s (0.328 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 |
| Waterbodies | Shelley Lake |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Mine Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Mine Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh West Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Mine Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.