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