Little Buffalo Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Little Buffalo Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Little Buffalo Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Cabarrus Rowan |
Length: | 8.74miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Dutch Buffalo Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 20.02cuft/s at mouth with Dutch Buffalo Creek[2] |
Source1: | Reedy Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Gold Hill, North Carolina[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5272°N -80.3556°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 745feet |
Mouth: | Dutch Buffalo Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina[5] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.4208°N -80.4061°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 524feet |
Progression: | Dutch Buffalo Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries Left: | Butcher Branch |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Old Beatty Ford Road, Old Mine Road, Kluttz Road, Sansbury Road, Drye Road, NC 49 |
Little Buffalo Creek is a 8.74miles long 3rd order tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Little Buffalo Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Gold Hill, North Carolina in Rowan County,[3] and then flows southwest into Cabarrus County to join Dutch Buffalo Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant.[5]
Little Buffalo Creek drains of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 390.20, and is about 50% forested.[2]