Coles Branch Tributary to Crabtree Creek | |
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![]() Coles Branch in Cary | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Wake |
City | Cary |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Coles Branch and Swift Creek |
• location | Cary, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°46′59″N078°48′19″W / 35.78306°N 78.80528°W [1] |
• elevation | 416 ft (127 m) [2] |
Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | Cary, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°48′10″N078°50′02″W / 35.80278°N 78.83389°W [1] |
• elevation | 305 ft (93 m) [1] |
Length | 2.7 mi (4.3 km) [3] |
Basin size | 2.60 square miles (6.7 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Crabtree Creek |
• average | 2.60 cu ft/s (0.074 m3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Neuse River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Coles Branch is a 2.7 mi (4.3 km) long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina, and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters GeoViewer site. [4]
Coles Branch rises in a pond in western Cary, North Carolina, and then flows northwest to Crabtree Creek. It is a developed watershed with seven percent of the watershed considered to be forested. [4]
Coles Branch drains 2.60 square miles (6.7 km2) of area in the western part of Cary. Coles Branch is underlaid by the Deep River Basin. [5] The watershed receives an average of 46.4 inches (118 cm) per year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 413.95. [4]
Marshyhope Creek is a 37.0-mile-long (59.5 km) tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and Dorchester County, Maryland.
Crabtree Creek is a tributary of the Neuse River in central Wake County, North Carolina, United States. The creek begins in the town of Cary and flows through Morrisville, William B. Umstead State Park, and the northern sections of Raleigh before emptying into the Neuse at Anderson Point Park, a large city park located in East Raleigh.
Pigeon House Branch is a 2.88 mi (4.63 km) long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
Beaverdam Creek is a 1.04 mi (1.67 km) long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
Richland Creek is a 5.25 mi (8.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to Crabtree Creek in Raleigh, North Carolina that rises in a pond on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. The creek then flows north across I-40 and through Schenck Forest to eventually join Crabtree Creek. The watershed is mainly developed with about 30% of it forested.
Sycamore Creek is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises in a pond near Lynns Crossroads in Durham County then flows southward to join Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina. Sycamore Creek flows mostly through William B. Umstead State Park. The watershed is more forested at 43% than most in the Crabtree Creek watershed.
Reedy Creek is a 4.50 mi (7.24 km) long 2nd order tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina.
Haleys Branch is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises just south of the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) airport then flows south to meet Crabtree Creek in Lake Crabtree. The watershed is about 68% forested.
Stirrup Iron Creek is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises near Brassfield, North Carolina and then flows south-southeast into Lake Crabtree. The watershed is about 31% forested.
Turkey Creek rises in southwest Cary, North Carolina and then flows northeast to join Crabtree Creek. The watershed is about 5% forested.
Hare Snipe Creek is a tributary of Crabtree Creek that rises in the northern Raleigh, North Carolina. The creek then flows south to Lake Lynn and on to Crabtree Creek. The watershed is about 19% forested.
Mine Creek is a tributary of Crabtree Creek that rises in the northern Raleigh, North Carolina. The creek then flows southwest to Shelley Lake and then south to Crabtree Creek. The watershed is about 19% forested.
Big Branch is a 3.59 mi (5.78 km) long tributary of Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina, and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
Marsh Creek is a 6.21 mi (9.99 km) long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
Bridges Branch is a 1.26 mi (2.03 km) long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina and is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
House Creek is a 3.22 mi (5.18 km) long 1st order tributary of Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina.
Walnut Creek is a 17.93 mi (28.86 km) long 4th order tributary to the Neuse River in Wake County. Its source is Maynard Pond in south-central Cary, and it flows generally eastward through several small reservoirs, including Lake Cramer in Cary as well as Lake Johnson and Lake Raleigh in Raleigh, before reaching its confluence with the Neuse just south of Poole Road in East Raleigh. The course of the creek closely parallels Interstate 40, running mostly along the north side of the freeway.
Cane Creek is a 13.74 mi (22.11 km) long 4th order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance and Orange Counties, North Carolina. This Cane Creek is on the left bank of the Haw River.
Adams Branch is a 4.64 mi (7.47 km) tributary of Richardson Creek in south-central North Carolina that rises in Union County near Alton, North Carolina and then flows generally north through Union County to Richardson Creek.
Beaver Creek is a 12.64 mi (20.34 km) long 4th order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Beaver Creek joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.