Wide Mouth Branch
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Wide Mouth Branch Tributary to Lanes Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Anson Union |
City | Marshville |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Salem Creek divide |
• location | pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°00′22″N 080°21′02″W / 35.00611°N 80.35056°W[1] |
• elevation | 552 ft (168 m)[2] |
Mouth | Lanes Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of Peachland, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°59′08″N 080°17′27″W / 34.98556°N 80.29083°WCoordinates: 34°59′08″N 080°17′27″W / 34.98556°N 80.29083°W[1] |
• elevation | 368 ft (112 m)[2] |
Length | 4.41 mi (7.10 km)[3] |
Basin size | 4.28 square miles (11.1 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Lanes Creek |
• average | 5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Lanes Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lanes Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Old Peachland Road, Gaddy Road, Curtis Lane, US 74 |
Wide Mouth Branch is a 4.41 mi (7.10 km) long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
Wide Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina in Union County. Wide Mouth Branch then flows east-southeast into Anson County to meet Lanes Creek about 0.5 miles west of Peachland.[2]
Watershed
Wide Mouth Branch drains 4.28 square miles (11.1 km2) of area, receives about 48.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 447.40 and is about 23% forested.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Wide Mouth Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wide Mouth Branch Topo Map in Union". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wide Mouth Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.