| Flat Creek Tributary to Swannanoa River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_North_Carolina_relief_location_map.jpg)  Location of Flat Creek mouth &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Flat Creek (Swannanoa River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Buncombe |
| City | Black Mountain Montreat |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Flat Creek and Catawba River |
| • location | about 0.5 miles south of Graybeard Mountain |
| • coordinates | 35°40′40″N 082°17′24″W / 35.67778°N 82.29000°W[1] |
| • elevation | 4,600 ft (1,400 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Swannanoa River |
• location | Black Mountain, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°37′07″N 082°18′55″W / 35.61861°N 82.31528°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,359 ft (719 m)[2] |
| Length | 5.39 mi (8.67 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 6.04 square miles (15.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Swannanoa River |
| • average | 11.05 cu ft/s (0.313 m3/s) at mouth with Swannanoa River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Swannanoa River → French Broad River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | French Broad River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Puncheon Branch |
| • right | Slaty Branch Big Piney Branch Piney Branch |
| Waterbodies | Montreat Reservoir Lake Susan |
| Bridges | Calvin Trail, Graybeard Trail, Lookout Road, Texas Road, Shenandoah Terrace, Maryland Place, Flat Creek Road, East Street, E Cotton Avenue, Village Way, E State Street |
Flat Creek is a 5.39 mi (8.67 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Swannanoa River in Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is impounded at Montreat Reservoir and Lake Susan.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Flat Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Black Mountain Topo Map, Buncombe County NC (Black Mountain Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Flat Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 October 2019.