Service Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Haw River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Service Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Service Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Alamance |
Length: | 5.93miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Haw River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 9.1cuft/s at mouth with Haw River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Service Creek and Little Alamance Creek |
Source1 Location: | pond at Glen Raven, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.1142°N -79.4708°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 690feet[4] |
Mouth: | Haw River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles east of Burlington, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.1089°N -79.3931°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 499feet |
Progression: | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Staley Creek |
Bridges: | Durham Street, Burch Bridge Road, Lakeside Avenue Ext, Glencoe Road, Lower Hopedale Road, Apple Street, North Graham-Hopedale Road, Squaw Valley Trail |
Service Creek is a 5.93miles long 2nd order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance County, North Carolina.
Service Creek rises in a pond at Glen Raven in Alamance County and then flows northeast and makes a turn southeast to the Haw River about 0.25 miles east of Burlington, North Carolina.[4]
Service Creek drains of area, receives about 45.8 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 432.18 and is about 13% forested.[2]