Tumbling Shoals Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Reddies River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tumbling Shoals Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Tumbling Shoals Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Wilkes |
Length: | 3.52miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Reddies River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 5.91cuft/s at mouth with Reddies River[2] |
Source1: | Wooten Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles southwest of Halls Mills, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.2772°N -81.2358°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1965feet[4] |
Mouth: | Reddies River |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles southeast of Wilbar, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.2292°N -81.2469°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1535feet |
Progression: | south-southwest |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Tumbling Shoals Road |
Tumbling Shoals Creek is a 3.52miles long 1st order tributary to the Reddies River in Wilkes County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Tumbling Shoals Creek rises about 3 miles southwest of Halls Mills, North Carolina and then flows south-southwest to join the Reddies River at about 3 miles southeast of Wilbar, North Carolina.[4]
Tumbling Shoals Creek drains of area, receives about 50.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 253.51, and is about 88% forested.[2]