Buies Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Harnett |
City | Buies Creek |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Black River divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′37″N 078°42′47″W / 35.47694°N 78.71306°W[1] |
• elevation | 302 ft (92 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°23′00″N 078°45′13″W / 35.38333°N 78.75361°W[1] |
• elevation | 98 ft (30 m)[2] |
Length | 7.31 mi (11.76 km)[3] |
Basin size | 27.91 square miles (72.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 28.68 cu ft/s (0.812 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | East Buies Creek |
• right | West Buies Creek |
Bridges | NC 55, Butts Road, Sheriff Johnson Road, US 421-NC 27 |
Buies Creek is a 7.31 mi (11.76 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.