Shaddox Creek is a 3.83-mile-long (6.16 km) 3rd order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina. Shaddox Creek is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
| Shaddox Creek Tributary to Haw River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Shaddox Creek mouth  Shaddox Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Chatham |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Shaddox Creek and Buckhorn Creek |
| • location | pond about 1 mile northeast of Merry Oaks, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°39′07″N 078°59′32″W / 35.65194°N 78.99222°W[1] |
| • elevation | 295 ft (90 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Haw River |
• location | about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°35′57″N 079°02′59″W / 35.59917°N 79.04972°W[1] |
• elevation | 164 ft (50 m)[1] |
| Length | 3.83 mi (6.16 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 15.21 square miles (39.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Haw River |
| • average | 17.72 cu ft/s (0.502 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Haw River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Jordan Estates Lane, New Elam Church Road, US 1, Old US 1, Corinth Road |
Course
editShaddox Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile northeast of Merry Oaks, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows west then south to the Haw River about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina.[2] Shaddox Creek is the last tributary to the Haw River before it joins the Deep River to form the Cape Fear River.
Watershed
editShaddox Creek drains 45.98 square miles (119.1 km2) of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, and has a topographic wetness index of 451.04 and is about 68% forested.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Shaddox Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Haw River Topo Map, Chatham County NC (Moncure Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Shaddox Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.