Little Meadow Creek is a 6.32 mi (10.17 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Little Meadow Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Standort | |
Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Pole Bridge Creek divide |
• location | Smiths Lake, about 1.5 miles south of Barrier Mills, North Carolina[2] |
• coordinates | 35°19′37″N 080°25′19″W / 35.32694°N 80.42194°W[1] |
• elevation | 650 ft (200 m)[2] |
Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 2.5 miles west of Locust, North Carolina[3] |
• coordinates | 35°15′36″N 080°28′29″W / 35.26000°N 80.47472°W[1] |
• elevation | 462 ft (141 m)[3] |
Length | 6.32 mi (10.17 km)[4] |
Basin size | 5.23 square miles (13.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 6.33 cu ft/s (0.179 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | County Line Road, Mauney Road, NC 200, Reed Mine Road |
Course
editLittle Meadow Creek rises in Smiths Lake, about 1.5 miles south of Barrier Mills, North Carolina,[2] and then flows southwest to join the Rocky River about 2.5 miles west of Locust.[3]
Watershed
editLittle Meadow Creek drains 5.23 square miles (13.5 km2) of area, receives about 47.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 441.93, and is about 49% forested.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Little Meadow Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Little Meadow Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 November 2020.