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Swans Branch (Brown Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 34°59′28″N 080°12′21″W / 34.99111°N 80.20583°W / 34.99111; -80.20583
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Swans Branch
Tributary to Brown Creek
Swans Branch (Brown Creek tributary) is located in North Carolina
Swans Branch (Brown Creek tributary)
Location of Swans Branch mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAnson
CityPeachland
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Swans Branch and Lanes Creek
 • locationPeachland, North Carolina
 • coordinates34°59′21″N 080°15′48″W / 34.98917°N 80.26333°W / 34.98917; -80.26333[1]
 • elevation430 ft (130 m)[2]
MouthBrown Creek
 • location
about 1 mile south of Polkton, North Carolina
 • coordinates
34°59′28″N 080°12′21″W / 34.99111°N 80.20583°W / 34.99111; -80.20583[1]
 • elevation
249 ft (76 m)[1]
Length4.01 mi (6.45 km)[3]
Basin size4.85 square miles (12.6 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationBrown Creek
 • average5.59 cu ft/s (0.158 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressioneast
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesUS 74, E Passaic Street (twice), US 74, Horne Town Road, Poplar Hill Church Road

Swans Branch is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina, United States, that rises in the town of Peachland, North Carolina and then flows east to meet Brown Creek south of Polkton, North Carolina. The watershed is about 57% forested, 35% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Swans Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Swans Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.