Little Buffalo Creek (Dutch Buffalo Creek tributary)
| Little Buffalo Creek Tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Little Buffalo Creek mouth  Little Buffalo Creek (Dutch Buffalo Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Cabarrus Rowan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Reedy Creek divide |
| • location | pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Gold Hill, North Carolina[2] |
| • coordinates | 35°31′38″N 080°21′20″W / 35.52722°N 80.35556°W[1] |
| • elevation | 745 ft (227 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Dutch Buffalo Creek |
• location | about 1.5 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina[3] |
• coordinates | 35°25′15″N 080°24′22″W / 35.42083°N 80.40611°W[1] |
• elevation | 524 ft (160 m)[3] |
| Length | 8.74 mi (14.07 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 17.04 square miles (44.1 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dutch Buffalo Creek |
| • average | 20.02 cu ft/s (0.567 m3/s) at mouth with Dutch Buffalo Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dutch Buffalo Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Butcher Branch |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Old Beatty Ford Road, Old Mine Road, Kluttz Road, Sansbury Road, Drye Road, NC 49 |
Little Buffalo Creek is a 8.74 mi (14.07 km) long 3rd order tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Course
[edit]Little Buffalo Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Gold Hill, North Carolina in Rowan County,[2] and then flows southwest into Cabarrus County to join Dutch Buffalo Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Little Buffalo Creek drains 17.04 square miles (44.1 km2) of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 390.20, and is about 50% forested.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Little Buffalo Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Little Buffalo Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.