Buies 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 Buies Creek Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Buies Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Harnett |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Buies Creek |
Length: | 7.31miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 28.68cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | Black River divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.4769°N -78.7131°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 302feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.3833°N -78.7536°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 98feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | East Buies Creek |
Tributaries Right: | West Buies Creek |
Bridges: | NC 55, Butts Road, Sheriff Johnson Road, US 421-NC 27 |
Buies Creek is a 7.31miles long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
Buies Creek rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier and then flows south to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek.[4]
Buies Creek drains of area, receives about 46.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 492.65 and is about 22% forested.[2]