Adams Creek (Dutch Buffalo Creek tributary)
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Adams Creek Tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Cold Water Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles east-southeast of New Gilead, North Carolina[2] |
• coordinates | 35°26′43″N 080°30′36″W / 35.44528°N 80.51000°W[1] |
• elevation | 710 ft (220 m)[2] |
Mouth | Dutch Buffalo Creek |
• location | about 1 mile south of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina[3] |
• coordinates | 35°22′49″N 080°25′29″W / 35.38028°N 80.42472°WCoordinates: 35°22′49″N 080°25′29″W / 35.38028°N 80.42472°W[1] |
• elevation | 515 ft (157 m)[3] |
Length | 8.88 mi (14.29 km)[4] |
Basin size | 16.86 square miles (43.7 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Dutch Buffalo Creek |
• average | 19.45 cu ft/s (0.551 m3/s) at mouth with Dutch Buffalo Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dutch Buffalo Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | McAllister Creek |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Adams Creek Drive, Fringewood Drive, Irish Woods Drive, Ponderosa Lane, NC 73, Walker Road, NC 49-73, Mt. Pleasant Road W, Mt. Pleasant Road S |
Adams Creek is a 8.88 mi (14.29 km) long 2nd order tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Course
Adams Creek rises about 2 miles east-southeast of New Gilead, North Carolina,[2] and then flows southeast to join Dutch Buffalo Creek about 1 mile south of Mount Pleasant.[3]
Watershed
Adams Creek drains 16.96 square miles (43.9 km2) of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 411.18, and is about 46% forested.[5]
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Adams Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Adams Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.