Beaver Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Reedy Fork |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaver Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Beavr Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Guilford Forsyth |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Kernersville |
Length: | 6.16miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Reedy Fork |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.78cuft/s at mouth with Reedy Fork[2] |
Source1: | divide between Beaver Creek, East Belews Creek, and Haw River |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles northeast of Kernersville, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.1372°N -80.0481°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 978feet[4] |
Mouth: | Reedy Fork |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles east-southeast of Oak Ridge, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.1689°N -79.9581°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 781feet |
Progression: | Reedy Fork → Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Eden Bridge Drive, Eden Terrace Drive, Beeson Road, Willard Road, NC 68 |
Beaver Creek is a 6.16miles long 2nd order tributary to Reedy Fork, in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Beaver Creek rises in Forsyth County on the divide between Beaver Creek and East Belews Creek (Dan River). Beaver Creek then flows northeast into Guilford County to meet the Haw River about 3 miles east-southeast of Oak Ridge, North Carolina.[4]
Beaver Creek drains of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 409.13 and is about 35% forested.[2]