Irish Buffalo Creek
Appearance
Irish Buffalo Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus Rowan |
City | Concord |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Kerr Creek divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles west of Five Points, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°33′03″N 080°40′46″W / 35.55083°N 80.67944°W[1] |
• elevation | 850 ft (260 m)[2] |
Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Flows Store, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°20′19″N 080°32′18″W / 35.33861°N 80.53833°W[1] |
• elevation | 498 ft (152 m)[2] |
Length | 21.89 mi (35.23 km)[3] |
Basin size | 110.35 square miles (285.8 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 118.06 cu ft/s (3.343 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Cold Water Creek |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | Kannapolis Lake |
Bridges | Saw Road, Cannon Farm Road, Enochville Road, W C Street, Pine Street, Mooresville Road, Rogers Lake Road, Orphanage Road, I-85, NC 73, US 29-NC 73, McGill Avenue, Cabarrus Avenue, Rutherford Street, Wilshire Avenue, US 601, NC 49, Zion Church Road, Flowes Store Road |
Irish Buffalo Creek is a 21.89 mi (35.23 km) long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Buffalo Creek
Course
[edit]Irish Buffalo Creek rises about 1.5 miles west of Five Points, North Carolina, and then flows south and southeast to join the Rocky River about 3 miles northeast of Flows Store.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Irish Buffalo Creek drains 110.35 square miles (285.8 km2) of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 404.66, and is about 33% forested.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Irish Buffalo Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Irish Buffalo Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 November 2020.