Pokeberry Creek Tributary to Haw River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Pokeberry Creek and Morgan Creek |
• location | about 5 miles southwest of Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°50′28″N 079°07′26″W / 35.84111°N 79.12389°W[1] |
• elevation | 552 ft (168 m)[2] |
Mouth | Haw River |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Bynum, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°45′48″N 079°07′52″W / 35.76333°N 79.13111°W[1] |
• elevation | 290 ft (88 m)[2] |
Length | 7.82 mi (12.59 km)[3] |
Basin size | 12.81 square miles (33.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Haw River |
• average | 15.62 cu ft/s (0.442 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Haw River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Ward Branch |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Great Ridge Parkway, Catulio Run, Andrews Store Road, Morris Road, US 15, Bynum Ridge Road |
Pokeberry Creek is a 7.82 mi (12.59 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This creek is one of two streams in the United States named Pokeberry Creek. The other is in Warrick County, Indiana.