Buies Creek
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Buies Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Harnett |
City | Buies Creek |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Black River divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′37″N 078°42′47″W / 35.47694°N 78.71306°W[1] |
• elevation | 302 ft (92 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°23′00″N 078°45′13″W / 35.38333°N 78.75361°WCoordinates: 35°23′00″N 078°45′13″W / 35.38333°N 78.75361°W[1] |
• elevation | 98 ft (30 m)[2] |
Length | 7.31 mi (11.76 km)[3] |
Basin size | 27.91 square miles (72.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 28.68 cu ft/s (0.812 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | East Buies Creek |
• right | West Buies Creek |
Bridges | NC 55, Butts Road, Sheriff Johnson Road, US 421-NC 27 |
Buies Creek is a 7.31 mi (11.76 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
Course
Buies Creek rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier and then flows south to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek.[2]
Watershed
Buies Creek drains 27.91 square miles (72.3 km2) of area, receives about 46.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 492.65 and is about 22% forested.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Buies Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Buies Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Buies Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 September 2020.