Beaver Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to New Hope River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaver Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Chatham Wake |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Apex |
Length: | 12.64miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | New Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 45.24cuft/s at mouth with New Hope River[2] |
Source1: | Crabtree Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond in Apex, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7539°N -78.8528°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 485feet[4] |
Mouth: | New Hope River |
Mouth Location: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.7°N -79.0419°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 216feet |
Progression: | west |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | Little Beaver Creek Weaver Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Reedy Branch |
Waterbodies: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
Bridges: | NC 55, Green Level Church Road, Olive Chapel Road, I-540, Kelly Road, Apex Barbecue Road, Richardson Road, New Hill-Olive Chapel Road, Beaver Creek Road |
Beaver Creek is a 12.64miles long 4th order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Beaver Creek joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.
Beaver Creek rises in a pond on the Crabtree Creek divide in Apex in Wake County, North Carolina. Beaver Creek then flows west to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.[4]
Beaver Creek drains of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 468.29, and had an average water temperature of 15.31 °C.[2] The watershed is 19% developed, 1.4% agricultural, 52% forested, and 6.2% open water.[5]