Terrells Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Haw River, right bank |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Terrells Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Mpa of the location of Terrells Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Chatham |
Length: | 12.47miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Haw River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 34.85cuft/s at mouth with Haw River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Terrell Creek and Varnell Creek (Rocky River) |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.25 miles north of Silk Hope, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7853°N -79.3697°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 610feet[4] |
Mouth: | Haw River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile north of Terrells, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8331°N -79.3697°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 374feet |
Progression: | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | Johnson Branch Cattail Creek |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Silk Hope Lindley Mill Road, White Smith Road, Castle Rock Farm Road, NC 87, Mt. Olive Church Road |
Terrells Creek is a 12.47miles long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River, right bank in Chatham County, North Carolina.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Terrells Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles north of Silk Hope, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows east-northeast to the Haw River about 1 mile north of Terrells.[4]
Terrells Creek drains of area, receives about 47.4 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 424.76 and is about 55% forested.[2]