Rough Butt Creek is a stream in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the United States.[5] It is located within the Nantahala National Forest.
| Rough Butt Creek Tributary to Caney Fork | |
|---|---|
  Location of Rough Butt Creek mouth  Rough Butt Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Jackson |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Rough Butt Creek and Wolf Creek |
| • location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Rough Butt Bald |
| • coordinates | 35°18′42″N 082°58′27″W / 35.31167°N 82.97417°W[1] |
| • elevation | 4,900 ft (1,500 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Caney Fork |
• location | about 2 miles east-northeast of Rich Mountain, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°19′29″N 082°01′36″W / 35.32472°N 82.02667°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,930 ft (890 m)[2] |
| Length | 3.31 mi (5.33 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 3.51 square miles (9.1 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Caney Fork |
| • average | 11.89 cu ft/s (0.337 m3/s) at mouth with Caney Fork[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | west-northwest |
| River system | Tuckasegee |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
A hiking trail along Rough Butt Creek leads to a 35-foot (11 m) waterfall.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Rough Butt Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Rough Butt Creek Topo Map, Jackson County NC (Tuckasegee Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Rough Butt Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rough Butt Creek
- ^ Adams, Kevin (2005). North Carolina Waterfalls: A Hiking and Photography Guide. John F. Blair, Publisher. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-89587-320-0.