Contentnea Creek

Contentnea Creek is a major tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Neuse River Basin, and flows for 91 miles between the Buckhorn Reservoir (confluence of Moccasin and Turkey Creeks), where it begins, and Grifton, North Carolina, where it flows into the Neuse River.

Contentnea Creek Tributary to Neuse River
Location of Contentnea Creek mouth
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Pitt Lenoir Greene Wilson
Cities	Hookerton Snow Hill Stantonsburg Wilson
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Moccasin and Turkey Creeks
• location	about 1 miles east of Stilleys Crossroads
• coordinates	35°41′29″N 078°07′12″W / 35.69139°N 78.12000°W / 35.69139; -78.12000[2]
• elevation	136 ft (41 m)
Mouth	Neuse River
• location	Grifton, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°20′26″N 077°23′20″W / 35.34056°N 77.38889°W / 35.34056; -77.38889[1]
• elevation	3 ft (0.91 m)
Length	91.0 mi (146.5 km)[3]
Basin size	1,017.58 square miles (2,635.5 km2)
Discharge
• location	Grifton, North Carolina
• average	1,094.14 cu ft/s (30.983 m3/s) at mouth with Neuse River[4]
Basin features
Progression	Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Neuse River
Tributaries
• left	Turkey Branch Mill Branch Marsh Swamp Little Swamp Mill Branch Shepard Branch Bloomery Swamp Toisnot Swamp Water Branch Beaman Run Mill Run Panther Swamp Beaverdam Run Mullet Run Polecat Run Little Contentnea Creek Grinnot Slough
• right	Moccssin Branch Little Creek Buckhorn Branch Marsh Swamp Little Swamp Black Creek Nahunta Swamp Fort Branch Tyson Marsh Shepherd Run Rainbow Creek Wheat Swamp Eagle Swamp
Waterbodies	Buckhorn Reservoir Wiggins Mill Reservoir

Contentnea Creek begins as the outflow of Buckhorn Reservoir 12 miles west of Wilson, North Carolina. From there it flows through the Wiggins Mill Reservoir on the southwest side of Wilson, past the towns of Stantonsburg and Snow Hill, and finally emptying into the Neuse River 3 miles southeast of Grifton.^[5]