Line Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Deep River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Line Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Line Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Moore Chatham |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Carbonton |
Length: | 2.93miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Deep River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.76cuft/s at mouth with Deep River[2] |
Source1: | Indian Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Pond about 3 miles northwest of Carbonton, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5303°N -79.385°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 418feet[4] |
Mouth: | Deep River |
Mouth Location: | Carbonton, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.5181°N -79.3503°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 225feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Deep River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Lakewood Falls Road (x2), Alston House Road |
Line Creek is a 2.93miles long 1st order tributary to the Deep River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This stream straddles the Moore-Chatham County line in its lower reach, hence the name.
Line Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles northwest of Carbonton, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows easterly to the Moore-Chatham County line to join the Deep River at Carbonton.[4]
Line Creek drains of area, receives about 47.7 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 392.93 and is about 64% forested.[2]