Stirrup Iron Creek Tributary to Crabtree Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Wake Durham |
City | Cary |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Stirrup Iron Creek and Northeast Creek |
• location | pond by Brassfield, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°56′01″N 078°50′40″W / 35.93361°N 78.84444°W[1] |
• elevation | 400 ft (120 m)[2] |
Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | Lake Crabtree |
• coordinates | 35°50′15″N 078°47′50″W / 35.83750°N 78.79722°W[1] |
• elevation | 272 ft (83 m)[1] |
Length | 9.12 mi (14.68 km)[3] |
Basin size | 26.05 square miles (67.5 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Crabtree Creek |
• average | 27.35 cu ft/s (0.774 m3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Neuse River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Brier Creek |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | Lake Crabtree |
Stirrup Iron Creek is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises near Brassfield, North Carolina and then flows south-southeast into Lake Crabtree.[2] The watershed is about 31% forested.