Long Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Elkin Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Long Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Long Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Wilkes |
Length: | 3.37miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Elkin Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.61cuft/s at mouth with Elkin Creek[2] |
Source1: | Little Elkin Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Benham, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.2883°N -80.9161°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1270feet[4] |
Mouth: | Elkin Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Pleasant Hill, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.2697°N -80.875°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 950feet |
Progression: | generally southeast |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Pinecrest Drive, CB Eller School Road, W Walker Road, CB Eller School Road |
Long Branch is a 3.37miles long 1st order tributary to Elkin Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Long Branch rises in Benham, North Carolina and then flows southeasterly to join Elkin Creek at about 0.5 miles north of Pleasant Hill, North Carolina.[4]
Long Branch drains of area, receives about 50.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 348.51, and is about 42% forested.[2]