Cooks Creek (Fisher River tributary)
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Cooks Creek Tributary to Fisher River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Surry |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Stewarts Creek divide |
• location | pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Red Brush, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°28′51″N 080°42′10″W / 36.48083°N 80.70278°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,310 ft (400 m)[2] |
Mouth | Fisher River |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of New Hope, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°25′21″N 080°41′41″W / 36.42250°N 80.69472°WCoordinates: 36°25′21″N 080°41′41″W / 36.42250°N 80.69472°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,005 ft (306 m)[2] |
Length | 4.87 mi (7.84 km)[3] |
Basin size | 8.17 square miles (21.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Fisher River |
• average | 11.99 cu ft/s (0.340 m3/s) at mouth with Fisher River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Fisher River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Jackson Creek |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | I-74, Saddle Estates Lane, Red Brush Road, Rosebush Trail, White Buffalo Road |
Cooks Creek is a 4.87 mi (7.84 km) long 3rd order tributary of Fisher River in Surry County, North Carolina.
Course
Cooks Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Red Brush, North Carolina. Cooks Creek then flows south to join Fisher River about 1 mile north of New Hope, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
Cooks Creek drains 8.17 square miles (21.2 km2) of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 349.66, and is about 39% forested.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Cooks Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Cooks Creek Topo Map in Surry". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Cooks Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 23 September 2020.