Horsepen Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Reedy Fork |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Horsepen Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Horsepen Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Guilford |
Length: | 8.87miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Reedy Fork |
Discharge1 Avg: | 21.67cuft/s at mouth with Reedy Fork[2] |
Source1: | divide between Horsepen Creek and East Fork Deep River |
Source1 Location: | Piedmont Triad International Airport |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.0814°N -79.9289°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 865feet[4] |
Mouth: | Reedy Fork |
Mouth Location: | Lake Brandt |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.1703°N -79.84°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 743feet |
Progression: | Reedy Fork → Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Lake Brandt |
Bridges: | Distribution Drive, I-73, Joseph M Bryan Blvd., Horse Pen Creek Road, US 220, I-840, Old Battleground Road, Quaker Landing Road |
Horsepen Creek is a 8.87miles long 3rd order tributary to Reedy Fork in Guilford County, North Carolina.
The Battlefield of Guilford Courthouse was fought in part on the eastern edge of the Horsepen Creek watershed.[5]
Horsepen Creek rises on the East Fork Deep River divide at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Guilford County, North Carolina. Horsepen Creek then flows northeast to meet Reedy Fork in Lake Brandt.[4]
Horsepen Creek drains of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 444.82 and is about 18% forested.[2]