Great Coharie Creek (Black River tributary) explained

Great Coharie Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Black River
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA North Carolina#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Great Coharie Creek mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:North Carolina
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Sampson
Length:48.88miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Black River
Discharge1 Avg:406.6cuft/s at mouth with Black River[2]
Source1:divide between Great Coharie Creek and Sevenmile Swamp
Source1 Location:about 1 mile north of Timothy, North Carolina
Source1 Coordinates:35.2419°N -78.4617°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:200feet[4]
Mouth:Black River
Mouth Location:about 3 miles southeast of Ingold, North Carolina
Mouth Coordinates:34.7897°N -78.3125°W
Mouth Elevation:36feet
Progression:generally south
River System:Black River
Tributaries Left:Beaverdam Swamp
Kill Swamp
Ward Swamp
Beaverdam Swamp
Meetinghouse Branch
Williams Old Mill Branch
Rocky Marsh Creek
Mill Creek
Tributaries Right:Sevenmile Swamp
Merkle Swamp
Old Mill Swamp
Marsh Swamp
White Oak Swamp
Turkey Branch
Little Coharie Creek
Bills Swamp
Turtle Branch
Waterbodies:Warrens Pond
Bridges:Easy Street, Oak Grove Church Road, Old Crow Road, Warren Mill Road, US 13, McLamb Road, Rosin Hill Road, Roanoke Road, Keener Road, US 421, Five Bridge Road, Roseboro Highway (NC 24), Boykin Bridge Road, Ebenezer Forest Road, Wright Bridge Road, US 701, Lisbon Bridge Road

Great Coharie Creek is a 48.88miles long 5th order tributary to the Black River in Sampson County, North Carolina.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]

Course

Great Coharie Creek rises on the Sevenmile Creek divide in northern Sampson County and then flows south to form the Black River with Six Runs Creek (Six Run Creek) about 3 miles southeast of Ingold.[4]

Watershed

Great Coharie Creek drains of area, receives about 49.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 571.73 and is about 14% forested.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 16 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Great Coharie Creek Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 16 October 2019.
  3. Web site: GNIS Detail - Great Coharie Creek . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 16 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Great Coharie Creek Topo Map, Sampson County NC (Ingold Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 16 October 2019 . en.