Fish 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 Fish Creek Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Fish Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Harnett County |
Length: | 5.37miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 8.34cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | Camels Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Pond about 1 mile nonrt-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.4217°N -78.9333°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 335feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Location: | about 4 miles southwest of Kipling, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.4533°N -78.8736°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 115feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | US 421, Community Road, US 421, S River Road |
Fish Creek is a 5.37miles long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. The lower reaches of this stream are in Raven Rock State Park.
Fish Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile north-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina and then flows southeast and makes a curve northeast to join the Cape Fear River about 4 miles southwest of Kipling, North Carolina.[4]
Fish Creek drains of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 419.66 and is about 54% forested.[2]