Draft:Northeast Creek

Northeast Creek
Tributary to New Hope River
Northeast Creek; Tributary to New Hope River
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Chatham; Durham
City	Durham
Physical characteristics
Source	Divide between Neuse River basin and Cape Fear River Basin
• location	pond in Durham, North Carolina
• elevation	217 feet (66 meters)
Mouth	New Hope River
• location	B. Everett Jordan Lake
• coordinates
Length	13 mi (21 km)
Basin size	47.35 square miles (122.6 km2)
Discharge
• location	New Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake)
Basin features
Progression	Southwest
River system	Haw River
Tributaries
• left	Burdens Creek, Kit Creek, Panther Creek
• right	Unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies	B. Everett Jordan Lake
Bridges	Glover Drive, NC 885, Channel Drop Drive, Ellis Road, Cornwallis Road, Alston Avenue, NC 55, Interstate 40, NC-54, Sedwick Road, Glendale Drive, NC Tobacco Trail, O'Kelly Chapel Road, NC-751

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Instructions · What links here · Northeast Creek (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 4 months ago by Bigfoot allgame (talk: D · +) · Last edited 4 months ago by Bigfoot allgame

Northeast Creek is a 13 mi (21 km) long 4th order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Northeast Creek joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.

Course

Northeast Creek rises in a pond west of Rigsbee Road on the ridge between the Cape Fear River Basin and the Neuse River Basin divide in Durham, North Carolina. Norhtheast Creek then flows southwest to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County. ^[6]

Watershed

Beaver Creek drains 122.23 km² of area, receives about 116.1 a year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of , and had an average water temperature of ;°C. In 2019,the watershed was 56% developed, 1.83% agricultural, 37% forested, and 1.21% open water. ^[7]

Water Quality

Northeast Creek was given a water quality index grade of 67 by the 2022 State of Our Streams Report published by the City of Durham. ^[8]

References

^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/
^ https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/
^ https://www.northeastcreek.org/wordpress/where-is-northeast-creek/
^ https://mywaterway.epa.gov/community/Northeast%20Creek%20durham%20nc/overview
^ https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/
^ |website=modelmywatershed.org |publisher=Stroud Water Research Center |accessdate=4 March 2024}}
^ https://www.durhamnc.gov/736/Northeast-Creek

[geoviewer-1] "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] ttps://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/

[3] ttps://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/

[4] ttps://www.northeastcreek.org/wordpress/where-is-northeast-creek/

[5] ttps://mywaterway.epa.gov/community/Northeast%20Creek%20durham%20nc/overview

[6] ttps://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/northeast-creek-5/

[7] |website=modelmywatershed.org |publisher=Stroud Water Research Center |accessdate=4 March 2024}}

[8] ttps://www.durhamnc.gov/736/Northeast-Creek

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