Cranes Branch (Brown Creek tributary)
| Cranes Branch Tributary to Brown Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Cranes Branch mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Anson |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Cranes Branch and Lanes Creek |
| • location | about 1.5 miles north of Polkton, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°01′15″N 080°11′46″W / 35.02083°N 80.19611°W[1] |
| • elevation | 415 ft (126 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Brown Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Polkton, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°02′02″N 080°08′58″W / 35.03389°N 80.14944°W[1] |
• elevation | 223 ft (68 m)[1] |
| Length | 3.35 mi (5.39 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2.61 square miles (6.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brown Creek |
| • average | 3.07 cu ft/s (0.087 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | east |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Ansonville-Polkton Road, Cameron-Briley Road |
Cranes Branch is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises north of Polkton, North Carolina and then flows east to meet Brown Creek about 3 miles northeast of Polkton. The watershed is about 58% forested, 36% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Cranes Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Cranes Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.