Bearskin Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Richardson Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bearskin Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Bearskin Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Union |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Monroe |
Length: | 8.93miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Richardson Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 18.48cuft/s at mouth with Richardson Creek[2] |
Source1: | Twelvemile Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | southwest side of the Monroe Airport |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.0025°N -80.6286°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 652feet[4] |
Mouth: | Richardson Creek |
Mouth Location: | Monroe, North Carolina at Sutton Park |
Mouth Coordinates: | 34.9903°N -80.5097°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 457feet |
Progression: | Richardson Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee |
Tributaries Left: | Dry Fork |
Tributaries Right: | Camp Branch |
Bridges: | Sanford Lane, Price Shortcut Road, N Rocky River Road, N Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Concord Avenue, Skyway Drive, Miller Street, Stafford Street, US 601, N Sutherland Avenue, Morgan Mill Road |
Bearskin Creek is a 8.93miles long 3rd order tributary to Richardson Creek in Union County, North Carolina.
Bearskin Creek rises at the Monroe Airport and then flows east to join Richardson Creek in Monroe, North Carolina at Sutton Park.[4]
Bearskin Creek drains of area, receives about 48.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 457.88, and is about 28% forested.[2]