Mallard Creek (Rocky River tributary)
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Mallard Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus Mecklenburg |
City | Harrisburg Charlotte |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Irwin Creek divide |
• location | pond in northeast Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°18′36″N 080°49′17″W / 35.31000°N 80.82139°W[1] |
• elevation | 800 ft (240 m)[2] |
Mouth | Harrisburg, North Carolina |
• location | pond in northside of Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°20′18″N 080°39′47″W / 35.33833°N 80.66306°WCoordinates: 35°20′18″N 080°39′47″W / 35.33833°N 80.66306°W[1] |
• elevation | 546 ft (166 m)[2] |
Length | 12.23 mi (19.68 km)[3] |
Basin size | 41.54 square miles (107.6 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 44.78 cu ft/s (1.268 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Clarks Creek Stony Creek |
• right | Doby Creek Toby Creek |
Bridges | Crestland Avenue, W Sugar Creek Road, Hubbard Road, NC 24, Mallard Creek Road, David Taylor Drive, I-85, US 29, E Mallard Creek Church Road, I-485, Pavillion Boulevard, Morehead Road |
Mallard Creek is a 12.23 mi (19.68 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Course
Mallard Creek rises in a pond on the northside of Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows easterly through the northern suburbs of Charlotte into Cabarrus County to join the Rocky River in Harrisburg.[2]
Watershed
Mallard Creek drains 41.54 square miles (107.6 km2) of area, receives about 46.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 417.80, and is about 22% forested.[4]
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail – Mallard Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mallard Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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