| Folkner Branch | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to New Hope River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Folkner Branch mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chatham |
| Length: | 3.89miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | New Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 3.79cuft/s at mouth with New Hope River[2] |
| Source1: | Rocky Ford and Lick Branch divide |
| Source1 Location: | about 3 miles west of Green Level, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7839°N -79.9639°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 315feet[4] |
| Mouth: | New Hope River |
| Mouth Location: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.7925°N -79.0147°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 216feet |
| Progression: | generally west |
| River System: | Haw River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
| Bridges: | Farrington Road |
Folkner Branch is a 3.89miles long 1st order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Folkner Branch joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.
Folkner Branch rises in a pond on the Rocky Ford and Lick Branch divide about 3 miles west of Green Level, North Carolina. Folkner Branch then flows westerly to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.[4]
Folkner Branch drains of area, receives about 47.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 508.03, and has an average water temperature of 15.35 °C.[2] The watershed is 66% forested.[2]