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Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°47′33″N 079°00′53″W / 35.79250°N 79.01472°W / 35.79250; -79.01472
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Folkner Branch
Tributary to New Hope River
Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary) is located in North Carolina
Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary)
Location of Folkner Branch mouth
Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary) is located in the United States
Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary)
Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyChatham
Physical characteristics
SourceRocky Ford and Lick Branch divide
 • locationabout 3 miles west of Green Level, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°47′02″N 079°57′50″W / 35.78389°N 79.96389°W / 35.78389; -79.96389[1]
 • elevation315 ft (96 m)[2]
MouthNew Hope River
 • location
B. Everett Jordan Lake
 • coordinates
35°47′33″N 079°00′53″W / 35.79250°N 79.01472°W / 35.79250; -79.01472[1]
 • elevation
216 ft (66 m)[2]
Length3.89 mi (6.26 km)[3]
Basin size3.15 square miles (8.2 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationNew Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake)
 • average3.79 cu ft/s (0.107 m3/s) at mouth with New Hope River[4]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally west
River systemHaw River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
WaterbodiesB. Everett Jordan Lake
BridgesFarrington Road

Folkner Branch is a 3.89 mi (6.26 km) long 1st order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Folkner Branch joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.

Course

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Folkner Branch rises in a pond on the Rocky Ford and Lick Branch divide about 3 miles west of Green Level, North Carolina. Folkner Branch then flows westerly to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.[2]

Course and Watershed of Folkner Branch (New Hope River tributary)

Watershed

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Folkner Branch drains 3.15 square miles (8.2 km2) of area, receives about 47.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 508.03, and has an average water temperature of 15.35 °C.[4] The watershed is 66% forested.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Folkner Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "New Hope Creek Topo Map, Chatham County NC (Green Level Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Folkner Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 2 December 2019.