McLendons Creek
| McLendons Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
|---|---|
  Location of McLendons Creek mouth  McLendons Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Moore |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Drowning Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles southeast of Elberta, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°17′10″N 079°37′49″W / 35.28611°N 79.63028°W[1] |
| • elevation | 595 ft (181 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Glendon, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°27′42″N 079°23′23″W / 35.46167°N 79.38972°W[1] |
• elevation | 226 ft (69 m)[2] |
| Length | 28.20 mi (45.38 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 101.21 square miles (262.1 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep River |
| • average | 111.48 cu ft/s (3.157 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Suck Creek Richland Creek Persimmon Glade Branch |
| • right | Big Juniper Creek Little Creek |
| Bridges | Mount Carmel Road, Bethlehem Road, NC 24, Coles Mill Road, Cool Springs Road, Glendon-Carthage Road |
McLendons Creek is a 28.20 mi (45.38 km) long 4th order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina. This creek is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Buck Creek
Course
[edit]McLendons Creek rises about 0.25 miles southeast of Elberta in Moore County and then flows northeast to join the Deep River about 1.5 miles southeast of Glendon, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]McLendons Creek drains 101.21 square miles (262.1 km2) of area, receives about 48.6 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 407.24 and is about 60% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - McLendons Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Big Governors Creek Topo Map in Moore". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "McLendons Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2020.