Beaverdam 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 Beaverdam Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Beaverdam Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Union |
Length: | 7.87miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Richardson Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 17.4cuft/s at mouth with Richardson Creek[2] |
Source1: | Little Richardson Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Roughedge, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 34.9044°N -80.6206°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 675feet[4] |
Mouth: | Richardson Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles south of Monroe, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 34.9211°N -80.6247°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 505feet |
Progression: | Richardson Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | S Rocky River Road, Parks McCorkle Road, S Rocky River Road, Doster Road, Fletcher Broome Road, Lancaster Highway, Griffith Road |
Beaverdam Creek is a 7.87miles long 2nd order tributary to Richardson Creek in Union County, North Carolina.
Beaverdam Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Roughedge, North Carolina and then flows north and turns east to join Richardson Creek in about 1.5 miles south of Monroe, North Carolina.[4]
Beaverdam Creek drains of area, receives about 48.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 452.99, and is about 38% forested.[2]