Buffalo Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Moore |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Suck Creek divide |
• location | Pond about 0.5 miles northeast of Zion Grove, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°22′16″N 079°33′38″W / 35.37111°N 79.56056°W[1] |
• elevation | 615 ft (187 m)[2] |
Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 0.5 miles southeast of High Falls, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′39″N 079°30′20″W / 35.47750°N 79.50556°W[1] |
• elevation | 265 ft (81 m)[2] |
Length | 12.73 mi (20.49 km)[3] |
Basin size | 21.80 square miles (56.5 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Deep River |
• average | 21.8 cu ft/s (0.62 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Deep River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Meadow Creek |
• right | Gold Mine Branch |
Bridges | NC 24-27, Plank Road, Ritter Road, NC 22 |
Buffalo Creek is a 12.73 mi (20.49 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina.