Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Greenbrier Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Chatham Alamance |
Length: | 7.74miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.58cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
Source1: | Poppaw Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 1.5 miles northeast of Liberty, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.8708°N -79.4844°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 755feet[4] |
Mouth: | Rocky River |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles northeast of Crutchfield Crossroads, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.805°N -79.48°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 574feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Deep River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Hinshaw Shop Road, Kenly Drive, Staley Store Road, Pleasant Hill Church Road, Silk Hope-Liberty Road |
Greenbrier Creek is a 7.74miles long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River that begins in Alamance County and flows to Chatham County.
Greenbrier Creek rises in a pond about 1.5 miles northeast of Liberty, North Carolina in Alamance County. Greenbrier Creek then flows south into Chatham County to join the Rocky River about 3 miles southwest of Crutchfield Crossroads, North Carolina.[4]
Greenbrier Creek drains of area, receives about 47.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 453.25 and is about 38% forested.[2]