Turnbull Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Cape Fear River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Turnbull Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Turnbull Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Bladen Cumberland |
Length: | 27.78miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 91.99cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
Source1: | between Bushy Lake and Rollins Pond |
Source1 Location: | about 5 miles west-southwest of Roseboro, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 34.9053°N -78.6861°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 110feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 34.6247°N -78.5567°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 23feet |
Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | Little Turnbull Creek Indian Creek White Lake Drain Tubmill Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Briary Stream Spring Branch Panther Branch Smith Swamp |
Bridges: | Turnbull Road, Squatting Bear Drive, Avery Road, Walter West Road, Braxton Edge Road, NC 242, Lula Long Road, Johnsontown Road, Sweet Home Church Road, Old Hoover Bridge Road, US 701-NC 41 |
Turnbull Creek is a 27.78miles long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.
Turnbull Creek rises in between Bushy Lake and Rollins Pond, a Carolina Bay, about 5 miles east of Roseboro, North Carolina in Cumberland County. Turnbull Creek then flows southeast to Bladen County to join the Cape Fear River about 1.5 miles east of Elizabethtown, North Carolina.[4]
Turnbull Creek drains of area, receives about 49.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 617.26 and is about 23% forested.[2]