Flat Fork (Brown Creek tributary)
| Flat Fork Tributary to Brown Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Flat Fork mouth  Flat Fork (Brown Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Anson |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Flat Fork and Goulds Fork |
| • location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Wadesboro, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°04′16″N 080°01′37″W / 35.07111°N 80.02694°W[1] |
| • elevation | 340 ft (100 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Brown Creek |
• location | about 4 miles southeast of Ansonville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°03′49″N 080°03′13″W / 35.06361°N 80.05361°W[1] |
• elevation | 187 ft (57 m)[2] |
| Length | 7.15 mi (11.51 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 11.95 square miles (31.0 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brown Creek |
| • average | 13.11 cu ft/s (0.371 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northeast |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Pleasant Grove Church Road, Dennis Road |
Flat Fork is a 7.15 mi (11.51 km) long 2nd order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina.
Course
[edit]Flat Fork rises about 0.5 miles northeast of Wadesboro, North Carolina. Flat Fork then flows northeast to meet Brown Creek about 4 miles southeast of Ansonville, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Flat Fork drains 11.95 square miles (31.0 km2) of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 417.22 and is about 61% forested.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Flat Fork". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Water Quality Ratings". www.nconemap.gov. State of North Carolina. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Flat Fork Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.