Moores Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Reedy Fork |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Moores Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Moores Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Guilford |
Length: | 5.12miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Reedy Fork |
Discharge1 Avg: | 5.26cuft/s at mouth with Reedy Fork[2] |
Source1: | divide between Moores Creek and Brush Creek |
Source1 Location: | pond about 1 mile north of Piedmont-Triad International Airport |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.1286°N -79.9044°W [3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 915feet[4] |
Mouth: | Reedy Fork |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles south of Summerfield, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.1789°N -79.9044°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 751feet |
Progression: | Reedy Fork → Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Alcorn Road, Rambling Road, Stanley Huff Road |
Moores Creek is a 5.12miles long 1st order tributary to Reedy Fork in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Moores Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile north of Piedmont-Triad International Airport in Guilford County on the divide between Moores Creek and Brush Creek. Moores Creek then flows northeast to meet the Haw River about 1.5 miles south of Summerfield, North Carolina.[4]
Moores Creek drains of area, receives about 44.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 396.37 and is about 47% forested.[2]