Hanging Dog Creek

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Hanging Dog Creek
Tributary to Hiawassee River
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Hanging Dog Creek (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Cherokee
Physical characteristics
SourceHyatt Creek divide
  locationHanging Dog Gap
  coordinates 35°12′48″N083°58′03″W / 35.21333°N 83.96750°W / 35.21333; -83.96750 [1]
  elevation3,450 ft (1,050 m) [2]
Mouth Hiawassee River
  location
Hiawassee Lake
  coordinates
35°06′22″N084°04′33″W / 35.10611°N 84.07583°W / 35.10611; -84.07583 Coordinates: 35°06′22″N084°04′33″W / 35.10611°N 84.07583°W / 35.10611; -84.07583 [1]
  elevation
1,525 ft (465 m) [2]
Length14.57 mi (23.45 km) [3]
Basin size40.94 square miles (106.0 km2) [4]
Discharge 
  location Hiawassee River
  average120.86 cu ft/s (3.422 m3/s) at mouth with Hiawassee River [4]
Basin features
Progressionsouthwest
River system Hiawassee River
Tributaries 
  leftWill Creek
Augen Branch
Grindstone Branch
Davis Creek
Cook Creek
Dockery Creek
  rightBear Creek
Owl Creek
Bates Creek
BridgesClearview Lane, Boiling Springs Road (x2), Woody Branch Road, Boiling Springs Road (x3), Running Deer Lane, Boiling Springs Road (x2), Hanging Dog Road, Tranquil Valley Lane, Ed Graves Road (x2), Ebenezer Road, McDonald Road, Haven Lane, Joe Brown Highway

Hanging Dog Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of North Carolina. [5] It is a tributary to the Hiwassee River.

Some say the name Hanging Dog is a corruption of "Hanging Maw", a local Cherokee, while others believe the name stems from an incident when Indian's dog was "hung up" in river debris before being rescued. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Hanging Dog Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Hanging Dog Creek Topo Map in Cherokee". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Hanging Dog Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hanging Dog Creek
  6. "Community Backstory". Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.