Grassy Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Rocky River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Grassy Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Grassy Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Union |
Length: | 7miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 9.98cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
Source1: | Grassy Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 1 mil northeast of Unionville, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.0981°N -80.4867°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 612feet[4] |
Mouth: | Rocky River |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles northwest of New Salem, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.1639°N -80.4131°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 358feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Haigler Baucom Road, Braswell Rushing Road, Love Mill Road, Zebulon Williams Road, Haigler Road, NC 218 |
Grassy Creek is a 7miles long 1st order tributary to the Rocky River in Union County, North Carolina.
Grassy Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile northeast of Unionville, North Carolina and then flows northeast to join the Rocky River about 3 miles northwest of New Salem.[4]
Grassy Creek drains of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 425.52, and is about 36% forested.[2]