| Back Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Rocky River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Back Creek mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Back Creek mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cabarrus Mecklenburg |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Harrisburg Charlotte |
| Length: | 18.58miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 17.59cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
| Source1: | Reedy Creek divide |
| Source1 Location: | northeast Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.2633°N -80.7306°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 800feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Rocky River |
| Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles southeast of Pharrs Mill, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.3164°N -80.5956°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 518feet |
| Progression: | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | Fuda Creek |
| Bridges: | Grier Road, NC 24, S Devon Street, Rocky River Road, Back Creek Road, NC 24, McLean Road, Katherine Kiker Road, Back Creek Church Road, I-485, Caldwell Park Road, Robinson Church Road, Hickory Ridge Road, Raging Ridge Road, Pharr Mill Road |
Back Creek is a 11.59miles long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Back Creek rises in a pond in northeastern Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows easterly through the northern suburbs of Charlotte into Cabarrus County to join the Rocky River about 1.5 miles southeast of Pharrs Mill.[4]
Back Creek drains of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 439.32, and is about 25% forested.[2]