Mingo Swamp | |
Name Other: | Tributary to South River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mingo Swamp mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Cumberland Harnett Johnston Sampson |
Length: | 21.78miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | South River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 83.44cuft/s at mouth with South River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Mingo Swamp and Black Creek |
Source1 Location: | about 2.5 miles northeast of Coats, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.4289°N -78.6097°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 300feet[4] |
Mouth: | South River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile northeast of Falcon, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.2081°N -78.4636°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 121feet |
Progression: | southeast then southwest |
River System: | South River |
Tributaries Left: | Mingo Creek Big Juniper Run Starlins Swamp |
Tributaries Right: | Stony Run |
Bridges: | Denning Road, NC 27, US 301, I-95, Jonesboro Road, NC 55, US 421, N Spring Branch Road |
Mingo Swamp is a 21.78miles long 4th order tributary to the South River in North Carolina, located in Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, and Sampson counties. Mingo Swamp, along with the Black River, forms the South River.
Mingo Swamp rises about 2.5 miles northeast of Coats, North Carolina on the Black Creek divide on the Johnston-Harnett County line. Mingo Swamp begins flowing in a southwest direction, then flows southeast to meet the Black River and form the South River, approximately 1 mile northeast of Falcon, North Carolina.[4]
Mingo Swamp drains of area and receives about 48.1 in/year of precipitation.[2]