Hewletts Creek

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Hewletts Creek
Tributary to Intracoastal Waterway
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Location of Hewletts Creek mouth
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Hewletts Creek (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State North Carolina
County New Hanover County
Physical characteristics
Source Cape Fear River divide
  location Wilmington, North Carolina
  coordinates 34°10′56″N077°53′52″W / 34.18222°N 77.89778°W / 34.18222; -77.89778 [1]
  elevation32 ft (9.8 m) [2]
Mouth Intracoastal Waterway
  location
Masonboro, North Carolina
  coordinates
34°10′53″N077°50′07″W / 34.18139°N 77.83528°W / 34.18139; -77.83528 Coordinates: 34°10′53″N077°50′07″W / 34.18139°N 77.83528°W / 34.18139; -77.83528 [1]
  elevation
0 ft (0 m) [2]
Length4.69 mi (7.55 km) [3]
Basin size11.09 square miles (28.7 km2) [4]
Discharge 
  location Intracoastal Waterway
  average18.37 cu ft/s (0.520 m3/s) at mouth with Intracoastal Waterway [4]
Basin features
Progressioneast and southeast
River system Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesRobert E. Lee Drive, NC 132, Holly Tree Road, Cascade Road, Pine Grove Drive


Hewletts Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States. [5] It is the only stream of its name in the United States.

Contents

Hewletts Creek was named for a family of settlers. [6]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]

Course

Hewletts Creek rises on the Cape Fear River divide in Pine Valley Country Club of Wilmington, North Carolina and then flows east and southeast to the Intracoastal Waterway in Masonboro, North Carolina. [2]

Watershed

Hewletts Creek drains 11.08 square miles (28.7 km2) of area, receives about 57.9 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 586.63 and is about 11% forested. [4]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 "GNIS Detail - Hewletts Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hewletts Creek Topo Map in New Hanover". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hewletts Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hewletts Creek
  6. Fennell, Bettie (Aug 7, 1989). "A master of the auctioneer's art". Star-News. pp. A1. Retrieved 23 May 2015.