Shaddox Creek
Shaddox Creek Tributary to Haw River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Shaddox Creek and Buckhorn Creek |
• location | pond about 1 mile northeast of Merry Oaks, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°39′07″N 078°59′32″W / 35.65194°N 78.99222°W[1] |
• elevation | 295 ft (90 m)[2] |
Mouth | Haw River |
• location | about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°35′57″N 079°02′59″W / 35.59917°N 79.04972°W[1] |
• elevation | 164 ft (50 m)[1] |
Length | 3.83 mi (6.16 km)[3] |
Basin size | 15.21 square miles (39.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Haw River |
• average | 17.72 cu ft/s (0.502 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Haw River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Jordan Estates Lane, New Elam Church Road, US 1, Old US 1, Corinth Road |
Shaddox Creek is a 3.83 mi (6.16 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina. Shaddox Creek is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Shaddox Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile northeast of Merry Oaks, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows west then south to the Haw River about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina.[2] Shaddox Creek is the last tributary to the Haw River before it joins the Deep River to form the Cape Fear River.
Watershed
[edit]Shaddox Creek drains 45.98 square miles (119.1 km2) of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, and has a topographic wetness index of 451.04 and is about 68% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Shaddox Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Haw River Topo Map, Chatham County NC (Moncure Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Shaddox Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
Additional maps
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