Eagle Swamp | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Contentnea Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Eagle Swamp mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Eagle Swamp mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Lenoir |
Length: | 7.38miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Contentnea Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 12.07cuft/s at mouth with Contentnea Creek[2] |
Source1: | Wheat Swamp divide |
Source1 Location: | pond at Hugo, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.3906°N -77.5311°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 22feet[4] |
Mouth: | Contentnea Creek |
Mouth Location: | Tick Bite, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.3514°N -77.4269°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1feet |
Progression: | Contentnea Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Neuse River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Sharon Church Road, Skeeter Pond Road, NC 11, S Highland Avenue, Tick Bite Road |
Eagle Swamp is a 7.38miles long 3rd order tributary to Contentnea Creek in Lenoir County, North Carolina.
Eagle Swamp rises in Hugo, North Carolina and then flows southeast to join Contentnea Creek at Tick Bite.[4]
Eagle Swamp drains of area, receives about 49.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 595.43, and is about 15% forested.[2]