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Grays Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

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Coordinates: 34°53′34″N 078°49′01″W / 34.89278°N 78.81694°W / 34.89278; -78.81694
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Grays Creek
Tributary to Cape Fear River
Map of Grays Creek mouth location
Map of Grays Creek mouth location
Location of Grays Creek mouth
Map of Grays Creek mouth location
Map of Grays Creek mouth location
Grays Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyCumberland
Physical characteristics
SourceRockfish Creek divide
 • locationRoslin, North Carolina
 • coordinates34°55′53″N 078°56′11″W / 34.93139°N 78.93639°W / 34.93139; -78.93639[1]
 • elevation170 ft (52 m)[2]
MouthCape Fear River
 • location
about 1 mile southwest of Lena, North Carolina
 • coordinates
34°53′34″N 078°49′01″W / 34.89278°N 78.81694°W / 34.89278; -78.81694[1]
 • elevation
41 ft (12 m)[2]
Length9.00 mi (14.48 km)[3]
Basin size13.07 square miles (33.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationCape Fear River
 • average39.75 cu ft/s (1.126 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
WaterbodiesRainey Pond
BridgesCypress Lakes Road, NC 87, Blossum Road

Grays Creek is a 9.00 mi (14.48 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Course

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Grays Creek rises in Roslin, North Carolina and then flows in a southeasterly direction to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile southwest of Lena, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

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Grays Creek drains 13.07 square miles (33.9 km2) of area, receives about 48.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 559.06 and is about 15% forested.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Grays Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Grays Creek Topo Map in Cumberland". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Cross Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

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