Tysons Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Deep River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tysons Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Tysons Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Moore Chatham |
Length: | 8.51miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Deep River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 15.51cuft/s at mouth with Deep River[2] |
Source1: | Bear Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5747°N -79.4547°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 530feet[4] |
Mouth: | Deep River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile northwest of Glendon, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.4931°N -79.4461°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 228feet |
Progression: | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Deep River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Siler City-Glendon Road, Mert McManus Road, NC 42, Jesse Phillips Road, River Road |
Tysons Creek is a 4.18miles long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina. This is the only stream in the United States by this name.
Tysons Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads in Chatham County and then flows south into Moore County to join the Deep River about 1 mile northwest of Glendon, North Carolina.[4]
Tysons Creek drains of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 400.09 and is about 51% forested.[2]