| Coles Branch | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Crabtree Creek |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Coles Branch mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wake |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Cary |
| Length: | 2.7miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Crabtree Creek |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 2.6cuft/s at mouth with Crabtree Creek[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Coles Branch and Swift Creek |
| Source1 Location: | Cary, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7831°N -78.8053°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 416feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Crabtree Creek |
| Mouth Location: | Cary, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8028°N -78.8339°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 305feet |
| Progression: | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Neuse River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Coles Branch is a 2.7miles long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina, and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
Coles Branch rises in a pond in western Cary, North Carolina, and then flows northwest to Crabtree Creek. It is a developed watershed with seven percent of the watershed considered to be forested.[2]
Coles Branch drains of area in the western part of Cary. Coles Branch is underlaid by the Deep River Basin.[5] The watershed receives an average of 46.4inches per year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 413.95.[2]