Taylors Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Caraway Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Taylors Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Randolph |
Length: | 7.74miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Caraway Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 12.02cuft/s at mouth with Caraway Creek[2] |
Source1: | Back Creek (Cedar Fork) divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile southwest of Asheboro, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.6528°N -79.8572°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 768feet[4] |
Mouth: | Caraway Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles northwest of Mechanic, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.6542°N -79.9439°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 398feet |
Progression: | Caraway Creek → Uwharrie River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Briles Drive, Billy Walker Road, NC 49, Union Church Road, Lassiter Mill Road |
Taylors Creek is a 7.74miles long 3rd order tributary to Caraway Creek, in Randolph County, North Carolina.
Taylors Creek rises on the Back Creek divide about 1 mile southwest of Asheboro in Randolph County, North Carolina. Taylors Creek then flows west to meet Caraway Creek about 0.5 miles northwest of Mechanic.[4]
Taylors Creek drains of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 374.12 and is about 65% forested.[2]