Brown Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Pee Dee River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Brown Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina South Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Anson (NC) Union (NC) Chesterfield (SC) |
Length: | 46.47miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Pee Dee River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 180.92cuft/s at mouth with Pee Dee River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Lynches River (Hills Creek) and Brown Creek |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile north of Pageland, South Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 34.7975°N -80.3972°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 540feet[4] |
Mouth: | Pee Dee River |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles southeast of Ansonville, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.0894°N -80.0156°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 180feet |
Progression: | northeast |
River System: | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries Left: | Little Brown Creek Black Jack Creek Kelly Branch Swans Branch Ledbettter Branch Haileys Branch Cranes Branch Cabin Branch Jacks Branch Cabbage Branch Permetter Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Rushing Branch Lick Creek Little Brown Creek Pinch Gut Creek Goulds Fork Hurricane Creek Flat Fork |
Bridges: | Brock Road, Outen Road, Canal Road, Smith Town Road, Okey High Road, Meltonville Church Road, Lower White Store Road, Mineral Springs Church Road, Poplar Hill Church Road, US 74, Cameron Road, NC 742, US 52, Pinkston River Road, Grassy Island Road |
Brown Creek is a tributary of the Pee Dee River in south-central North Carolina and north-central South Carolina that drains Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Union County, North Carolina, and Anson County, North Carolina.[3]
Brown Creek rises near the town of the Pageland, South Carolina and flows northeast briefly into Union County and then through Anson County. The creek drains a large portion of the Wadesboro Triassic Basin.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]