Neills Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Cape Fear River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Neills Creek Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Neills Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Harnett Wake |
Length: | 12.94miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 40.56cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | Kenneth Creek and Black Creek divides |
Source1 Location: | pond in Holland, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5689°N -78.7717°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 385feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile north of Lillington, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.42°N -78.8247°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 112feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Kenneth Creek |
Bridges: | Holland Hills Drive, Rawls Church Road, Chalybeate Springs Road, Bluff Ridge Lane, Harnett Central Road, US 401 |
Neills Creek is a 12.94miles long 4th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. Neill Creek is the only stream of its name in the United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Neills Creek rises in a pond in Holland, North Carolina in Wake County and then flows south to Harnett County to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile north of Lillington, North Carolina.[4]
Neills Creek drains of area, receives about 46.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 446.81 and is about 33% forested.[2]