Loves 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 Loves Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Loves Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Chatham |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Siler City |
Length: | 5.59miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 10.68cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
Source1: | Brush Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 3 miles south-southwest of Siler City, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.6761°N -79.4906°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 705feet[4] |
Mouth: | Rocky River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile east of Siler City, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.7328°N -79.4033°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 488feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Deep River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Siler City-Glendon Road, Pine Forest South Drive, US 421 (S Chatham Avenue), S 2nd Avenue, US 421, Progress Boulevard |
Loves Creek is a 5.59miles long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Loves Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles south-southwest of Siler City, North Carolina in Chatham County. Loves Creek then flows northeast through Siler City to join the Rocky River about 1 mile east of Siler City.[4]
Loves Creek drains of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 428.39 and is about 40% forested.[2]