| Second Broad River | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Broad River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Second Broad River mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cleveland McDowell Rutherford |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Forest City |
| Length: | 46.14miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Broad River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 338.86cuft/s at mouth with Broad River[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Second Broad River and Catawba River |
| Source1 Location: | about 1 mile southwest of Providence, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.6247°N -82.0619°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1510feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Broad River |
| Mouth Location: | about 1 mile south of Cliffside, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.2219°N -81.7589°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 663feet |
| Progression: | southeast |
| River System: | Broad River |
| Tributaries Left: | Wilson Branch Hicks Branch Camp Branch Bakers Creek Box Creek Big Camp Creek Cane Creek Roberson Creek Puzzle Creek Webbs Creek Hills Creek Riddles Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Rock Creek Beaverdam Branch Scrub Grass Creek Rockhouse Creek Stoney Creek Catheys Creek Buck Branch Big Spring Branch Morrow Creek Hogpen Branch |
| Bridges: | Sugar Hill Road, Dink Cannon Road, Clinton Lane, Mud Cut Road, Bethel Church Road, Spooky Hollow Road, US 221, Rhom Town Road, Polly Spout Road, Lucky Strike Drive, Polly Spout Road, Box Creek Road, Centennial Road, Boy Scout Road, US 64, Whitesides Road, Cherry Mountain Street, E Main Street, US 74, Low Bridge Road, US 221A, Avondale Landfill Road, Harris Henrietta Road, US 221A |
The Second Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River in western North Carolina in the United States.[5] Via the Broad and Congaree rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.[6]
The Second Broad River rises in south-central McDowell County about 5miles southwest of Marion, and flows generally southeastwardly through Rutherford County, passing to the east of the town of Forest City. It briefly enters Cleveland County before flowing into the Broad River from the north, about southeast of Forest City.[5]