| Richardson Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Richardson Creek mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Anson Union |
| City | Monroe |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Richardson Creek and Lynches River |
| • location | Pond, about 1 mile southeast of Roughedge, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 34°52′36″N 080°35′46″W / 34.87667°N 80.59611°W[1] |
| • elevation | 660 ft (200 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 3 miles southwest of Cottonville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°09′24″N 080°13′32″W / 35.15667°N 80.22556°W[1] |
• elevation | 230 ft (70 m)[1] |
| Length | 44.01 mi (70.83 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 234.15 square miles (606.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Rocky River |
| • average | 249.47 cu ft/s (7.064 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Beaverdam Creek Bearskin Creek Stewarts Creek Mill Creek Watson Creek Gold Branch Stegall Branch |
| • right | Adams Branch Little Richardson Creek Joes Branch Rays Fork Meadow Branch Bull Branch Salem Creek Gourdvine Creek Water Branch Pine Log Creek |
| Waterbodies | Lake Lee |
| Bridges | Lathan Road, Griffith Road, Plyler Mill Road, Griffith Road, Sara Lane, Wolf Pond Road, Medlin Road, US 601, US 74, Walkup Avenue, US 74, Olive Branch Road, Austin Chaney Road, E Lawyers Road, Tarlton Mill Road, NC 205, NC 218, Pleasant Hill Church Road, Blonnie Ross Road, NC 742, George Wright Road, Rocky Mount Church Road, |
Richardson Creek is a tributary of the Rocky River in south-central North Carolina that rises in Union County near Monroe and then flows northeast through Anson County to the Rocky River.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Richardsons Creek
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Richardson Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Richardson Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Aquadale Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Richardson Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
This page was last edited on 31 July 2021, at 14:25