Falls Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Deep River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Falls Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Falls Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Moore Chatham |
Length: | 10.8miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Deep River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 18.31cuft/s at mouth with Deep River[2] |
Source1: | Bear Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Pond about 1 mile northwest of Harpers Crossroads, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5803°N -79.4794°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 505feet[4] |
Mouth: | Deep River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles southeast of High Falls, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.4808°N -79.5111°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 275feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Deep River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Twelve Oaks Lane, NC 902, NC 42, Falls Creek Church Road, Wilson Road, River Road |
Falls Creek is a 10.8miles long 2nd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.
Falls Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile northwest of Harpers Crossroads, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows south to join the Deep River about 0.25 miles northwest of High Falls.[4]
Falls Creek drains of area, receives about 47.7 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 411.24 and is about 53% forested.[2]