Collins Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Haw River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Collins Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Collins Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Chatham Orange |
Length: | 11.73miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Haw River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 23.62cuft/s at mouth with Haw River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Collins Creek and Morgan Creek |
Source1 Location: | Dodsons Crossroads, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.9719°N -79.1675°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 618feet[4] |
Mouth: | Haw River |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles east of Mandale, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.85°N -79.2361°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 387feet |
Progression: | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | Wildcat Branch Persimmon Nursery Branch |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Orange Grove Road, NC 54, Old Greensboro Road, Crawford Dairy Road |
Collins Creek is a 11.73miles long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River, in Chatham and Orange Counties, North Carolina.
Collins Creek rises at Dodsons Crossroads in Orange County, North Carolina and then flows south into Chatham County to the Haw River about 2 miles east of Mandale, North Carolina.[4]
Collins Creek drains of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 437.59 and is about 67% forested.[2]