Dutch Buffalo Creek
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Dutch Buffalo Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus Rowan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Crane Creek divide |
• location | Bostain Heights, North Carolina[2] |
• coordinates | 35°33′24″N 080°30′28″W / 35.55667°N 80.50778°W[1] |
• elevation | 810 ft (250 m)[2] |
Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 0.25 miles southwest of Georgeville, North Carolina[3] |
• coordinates | 35°18′30″N 080°28′00″W / 35.30833°N 80.46667°WCoordinates: 35°18′30″N 080°28′00″W / 35.30833°N 80.46667°W[1] |
• elevation | 468 ft (143 m)[3] |
Length | 25.16 mi (40.49 km)[4] |
Basin size | 98.68 square miles (255.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 106.87 cu ft/s (3.026 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Jennie Wolf Creek Black Run Creek Little Buffalo Creek |
• right | Lick Branch Adams Creek |
Bridges | Paulownia Drive, Rogers Road, Old Beatty Ford Road, Sapp Road, Barrier Road, Gold Hill Road, Cline School Road, Mt Pleasant Road, Mt Olive Road, NC 49, NC 73, Bowman-Barrier Road, Barrier Store Road, Miami Church Road, NC 200 |
Dutch Buffalo Creek is a 25.16 mi (40.49 km) long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Dutch Buffaloe Creek
Course
Dutch Buffalo Creek rises in Bostian Heights, North Carolina in Rowan County,[2] and then flows southeast into Cabarrus County and then turns south-southwest to join the Rocky River about 0.25 miles southwest of Georgeville.[3]
Watershed
Dutch Buffalo Creek drains 98.68 square miles (255.6 km2) of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 416.58, and is about 48% forested.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail – Dutch Buffalo 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 "Dutch Buffalo Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.