Dutch Buffalo Creek

Dutch Buffalo Creek
Tributary to Rocky River
Map of Dutch Buffalo Creek mouth location
Map of Dutch Buffalo Creek mouth location
Location of Dutch Buffalo Creek mouth
Map of Dutch Buffalo Creek mouth location
Map of Dutch Buffalo Creek mouth location
Dutch Buffalo Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyCabarrus
Rowan
Physical characteristics
SourceCrane Creek divide
 • locationBostain Heights, North Carolina[2]
 • coordinates35°33′24″N 080°30′28″W / 35.55667°N 80.50778°W / 35.55667; -80.50778[1]
 • elevation810 ft (250 m)[2]
MouthRocky River
 • location
about 0.25 miles southwest of Georgeville, North Carolina[3]
 • coordinates
35°18′30″N 080°28′00″W / 35.30833°N 80.46667°W / 35.30833; -80.46667[1]
 • elevation
468 ft (143 m)[3]
Length25.16 mi (40.49 km)[4]
Basin size98.68 square miles (255.6 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationRocky River
 • average106.87 cu ft/s (3.026 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[5]
Basin features
ProgressionRocky RiverPee Dee RiverWinyah BayAtlantic Ocean
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftJennie Wolf Creek
Black Run Creek
Little Buffalo Creek
 • rightLick Branch
Adams Creek
BridgesPaulownia Drive, Rogers Road, Old Beatty Ford Road, Sapp Road, Barrier Road, Gold Hill Road, Cline School Road, Mt Pleasant Road, Mt Olive Road, NC 49, NC 73, Bowman-Barrier Road, Barrier Store Road, Miami Church Road, NC 200

Dutch Buffalo Creek is a 25.16 mi (40.49 km) long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail – Dutch Buffalo Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Dutch Buffalo Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 November 2020.