Laniers Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Uwharrie River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Laniers Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Laniers Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Randolph |
Length: | 5.99miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Uwharrie River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.53cuft/s at mouth with Uwharrie River[2] |
Source1: | Cabin Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond at Complex, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5656°N -80.0644°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 705feet[4] |
Mouth: | Uwharrie River |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles east of New Hope, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.5575°N -79.9769°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 367feet |
Progression: | Uwharrie River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries Left: | Sand Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Nanny Branch |
Bridges: | Surratt Country Road, Johnson Farm Road, New Hope Road, Lou Cranford Road |
Laniers Creek is a 5.99miles long 2nd order tributary to the Uwharrie River in Randolph County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Laniers Creek rises in a pond on the Cabin Creek divide at Complex, North Carolina. Laniers Creek then flows easterly to join the Uwharrie River about 1.5 miles east of New Hope.[4]
Laniers Creek drains of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 398.45 and is about 39% forested.[2]