Little 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 Little Creek Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Little Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Harnett County |
Length: | 1.61miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.08cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | Fish Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 4 miles north-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.465°N -78.8869°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 290feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Location: | about 5 miles west-southwest of Kipling, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.465°N -78.8869°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 117feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | none |
Little Creek is a 1.61miles long 1st order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. This stream rises and flows entirely within Raven Rock State Park.
Little Creek rises about 4 miles north-northeast of Mamers, North Carolina in Raven Rock State Park and then flows northeast and east to join the Cape Fear River about 5 miles west-southwest of Kipling, North Carolina.[4]
Little Creek drains of area, receives about 46.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 360.67 and is about 92% forested.[2]