| Pigeon House Branch | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Crabtree Creek |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pigeon House Branch mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wake |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Raleigh |
| Length: | 2.88miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Crabtree Creek |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 5.29cuft/s at mouth with Crabtree Creek[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Pigeon House Branch and Rocky Branch |
| Source1 Location: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7889°N -78.6444°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 280feet |
| Mouth: | Crabtree Creek |
| Mouth Location: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8044°N -78.6089°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 190feet |
| Progression: | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Neuse River |
| Tributaries Right: | Cemetery Branch |
| Bridges: | Wade Avenue, US 1/401, Old Louisburg Road, Crabtree Boulevard |
Pigeon House Branch is a 2.88miles long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
Pigeon House Branch rises in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina then flows northeast to meet Crabtree Creek just upstream of Bridges Branch. It is one of the more developed tributaries with less than 1% of the watershed considered to be forested.
Pigeon House Branch drains of area that is underlaid by Raleigh Gneiss geology.[4] The watershed receives an average of 46.7 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 433.76.[2]