| Browns Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Cape Fear River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Browns Creek mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Browns Creek mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bladen |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Elizabethtown |
| Length: | 18.79miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 21cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
| Source1: | Sheriff White Bay, a Carolina Bay |
| Source1 Location: | about 1 mile southeast of Dublin, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 34.6342°N -78.6853°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 125feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 34.6258°N -78.56°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 23feet |
| Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Cape Fear River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies: | Cross Pond |
| Bridges: | Hugs Hog Farm Road, Browns Creek Church Road, Westwood Drive, unnamed road, Peanut Plant Road, NC 87, Martin Luther King Drive, US 701-NC 242, Mercer Mill Road, NC 87 |
Browns Creek is a 27.78miles long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
Browns Creek rises in Sheriff White Pond, a Carolina Bay, about 1 mile southeast of Dublin, North Carolina. Browns Creek then flows southeast and east through the south side of Elizabethtown to join the Cape Fear River about 1.5 miles east of Elizabethtown, North Carolina.[4]
Browns Creek drains of area, receives about 49.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 561.30 and is about 21% forested.[2]