Hammonds 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 Hammonds Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Hammonds Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Bladen |
Length: | 11.05miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 39.27cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | Whites Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 34.5933°N -78.6408°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 112feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles south of Atkinson Landing on the Cape Fear River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 34.5731°N -78.3936°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 14feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | Bog Branch Plum Branch Broad Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Upton Creek Whites Creek |
Bridges: | Fontana Lane, Manor Ridge Drive, Mercer Mill Brown Marsh Road, Coley Road, Airport Road, NC 87 |
Hammonds Creek is a 11.05miles long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Hammonds Creek rises on the Whites Creek divide about 3 miles south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Hammonds Creek then flows east to join the Cape Fear River about 0.25 miles south of Atkinson Landing.[4]
Hammonds Creek drains of area, receives about 49.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 514.36 and is about 31% forested.[2]