Goulds Fork (Brown Creek tributary)
| Goulds Fork Tributary to Brown Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Goulds Fork mouth  Goulds Fork (Brown Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Anson |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Goulds Fork and North Fork Jones Creek |
| • location | pond about 3 miles southwest of Wadesboro, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 34°55′21″N 080°08′05″W / 34.92250°N 80.13472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 510 ft (160 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Brown Creek |
• location | about 2.5 miles south of Ansonville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°03′41″N 080°06′10″W / 35.06139°N 80.10278°W[1] |
• elevation | 207 ft (63 m)[2] |
| Length | 12.01 mi (19.33 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 25.32 square miles (65.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brown Creek |
| • average | 27.13 cu ft/s (0.768 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | north |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | Culpepper Creek Grindstone Branch |
| Bridges | White Store Road, Avery Road, US 74, NC 742, Brown Creek Church Road, Lockhart Road |
Goulds Fork is a 12.10-mile-long (19.47 km) third-order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina.
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Little Browns Creek
Course
[edit]Goulds Fork rises about 3 miles southwest of Wadesboro, North Carolina. Goulds Fork then flows north to meet Brown Creek about 2.5 miles south of Ansonville, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Goulds Fork drains 25.32 square miles (65.6 km2) of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 435.21 and is about 64% forested.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Goulds Fork". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Gould Fork Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 October 2019.