Little Brown Creek (Brown Creek tributary, right bank)

Little Brown Creek
Tributary to Brown Creek on the right bank
Little Brown Creek (Brown Creek tributary, right bank) is located in North Carolina
Little Brown Creek (Brown Creek tributary, right bank)
Location of Little Brown Creek mouth
Little Brown Creek (Brown Creek tributary, right bank) is located in the United States
Little Brown Creek (Brown Creek tributary, right bank)
Little Brown Creek (Brown Creek tributary, right bank) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAnson
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Little Brown Creek and Middle Fork Jones Creek
 • locationpond about 3 miles northeast of Lowry, North Carolina
 • coordinates34°54′01″N 080°09′28″W / 34.90028°N 80.15778°W / 34.90028; -80.15778[1]
 • elevation505 ft (154 m)[2]
MouthBrown Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles southeast of Polkton, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°00′07″N 080°11′04″W / 35.00194°N 80.18444°W / 35.00194; -80.18444[1]
 • elevation
243 ft (74 m)[2]
Length8.79 mi (14.15 km)[3]
Basin size15.42 square miles (39.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationBrown Creek
 • average17.06 cu ft/s (0.483 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally north
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightLeggett Branch
BridgesWhite Store Road, Mills Road, US 74

Little Brown Creek is a 8.79 mi (14.15 km) long 3rd order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This creek is located on the right bank of Brown Creek and is different than the one on the left bank located upstream.

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Little Brown Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Water Quality Ratings". www.nconemap.gov. State of North Carolina. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Little Brown Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.