Wicker Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Lanes Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wicker Branch mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Union |
Length: | 5.22miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Lanes Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.1cuft/s at mouth with Lanes Creek[2] |
Source1: | Buck Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 5 miles east-northeast of Alton, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 34.8956°N -80.4839°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 638feet[4] |
Mouth: | Lanes Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 6 miles south of Allens Crossroads, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 34.8647°N -80.42°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 471feet |
Progression: | Lanes Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries Left: | Mountain Springs Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Cowpens Branch |
Bridges: | Medlin Road, US 601, Belk Mill Road |
Wicker Branch is a 5.22miles long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina.
Wicker Branch rises in a pond about 5 miles east-northeast of Alton, North Carolina. Wicker Branch then flows southeast to meet Lanes Creek about 6 miles south of Allens Crossroads, North Carolina.[4]
Wicker Branch drains of area, receives about 48.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 434.25 and is about 38% forested.[2]