Wads Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Little River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wads Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Moore |
Length: | 5.45miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Little River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.94cuft/s at mouth with Little River[2] |
Source1: | McLendons Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond at Pleasantville, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.3136°N -79.4675°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 485feet[4] |
Mouth: | Little River |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles west-northwest of Whispering Pines, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.2694°N -79.4183°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 309feet |
Progression: | Little River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Murdocksville Road, Brinkley Road, US 15, Little River Farm Blvd. |
Wads Creek is a 5.45miles long 3rd order tributary to the Little River in Moore County, North Carolina.
Wads Creek rises on the McLendon Creek divide in a pond at Pleasantville in Moore County, North Carolina. Wads Creek then flows southeasterly to meet the Little River about 1.5 miles west-northwest of Whispering Pines.[4]
Wads Creek drains of area, receives about 49.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 432.61 and is about 57% forested.[2]