Hammonds Creek
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Hammonds Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Bladen |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Whites Creek divide |
• location | about 3 miles south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°35′36″N 078°38′27″W / 34.59333°N 78.64083°W[1] |
• elevation | 112 ft (34 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 0.25 miles south of Atkinson Landing on the Cape Fear River |
• coordinates | 34°34′23″N 078°23′37″W / 34.57306°N 78.39361°WCoordinates: 34°34′23″N 078°23′37″W / 34.57306°N 78.39361°W[1] |
• elevation | 14 ft (4.3 m)[2] |
Length | 11.05 mi (17.78 km)[3] |
Basin size | 35.44 square miles (91.8 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 39.27 cu ft/s (1.112 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bog Branch Plum Branch Broad Branch |
• right | Upton Creek Whites Creek |
Bridges | Fontana Lane, Manor Ridge Drive, Mercer Mill Brown Marsh Road, Coley Road, Airport Road, NC 87 |
Hammonds Creek is a 11.05 mi (17.78 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Hammond Creek
Course
Hammonds Creek rises on the Whites Creek divide about 3 miles south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Hammonds Creek then flows east to join the Cape Fear River about 0.25 miles south of Atkinson Landing.[2]
Watershed
Hammonds Creek drains 35.44 square miles (91.8 km2) of area, receives about 49.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 514.36 and is about 31% forested.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Hammonds Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hammonds Creek Topo Map in Bladen". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hammonds Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2020.