Fall Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Cape Fear River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fall Creek Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Fall Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Lee |
Length: | 7.98miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 10.37cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | Patchet Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.25 miles northwest of Broadway, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.4683°N -79.0625°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 465feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Location: | about 4 miles south of Corinth, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.5317°N -78.9819°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 147feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Salem Church Road, Copeland Road, Buckhorn Road |
Fall Creek is a 7.98miles long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Lee County, North Carolina.
Fall Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northwest of Broadway, North Carolina and then flows northeasterly to join the Cape Fear River about 4 miles south of Corinth.[4]
Fall Creek drains of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 392.92 and is about 57% forested.[2]