Little Meadow Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Rocky River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Little Meadow Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Little Meadow Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Cabarrus |
Length: | 6.32miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 6.33cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
Source1: | Pole Bridge Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Smiths Lake, about 1.5 miles south of Barrier Mills, North Carolina[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.3269°N -80.4219°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 650feet |
Mouth: | Rocky River |
Mouth Location: | about 2.5 miles west of Locust, North Carolina[5] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.26°N -80.4747°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 462feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | County Line Road, Mauney Road, NC 200, Reed Mine Road |
Little Meadow Creek is a 6.32miles long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Little Meadow Creek rises in Smiths Lake, about 1.5 miles south of Barrier Mills, North Carolina,[3] and then flows southwest to join the Rocky River about 2.5 miles west of Locust.[5]
Little Meadow Creek drains of area, receives about 47.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 441.93, and is about 49% forested.[2]