Wide Mouth Branch

Wide Mouth Branch
Tributary to Lanes Creek
Wide Mouth Branch is located in North Carolina
Wide Mouth Branch
Location of Wide Mouth Branch mouth
Wide Mouth Branch is located in the United States
Wide Mouth Branch
Wide Mouth Branch (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAnson
Union
CityMarshville
Physical characteristics
SourceSalem Creek divide
 • locationpond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°00′22″N 080°21′02″W / 35.00611°N 80.35056°W / 35.00611; -80.35056[1]
 • elevation552 ft (168 m)[2]
MouthLanes Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles west of Peachland, North Carolina
 • coordinates
34°59′08″N 080°17′27″W / 34.98556°N 80.29083°W / 34.98556; -80.29083[1]
 • elevation
368 ft (112 m)[2]
Length4.41 mi (7.10 km)[3]
Basin size4.28 square miles (11.1 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationLanes Creek
 • average5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Lanes Creek[4]
Basin features
ProgressionLanes CreekRocky RiverPee Dee RiverWinyah BayAtlantic Ocean
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesOld Peachland Road, Gaddy Road, Curtis Lane, US 74

Wide Mouth Branch is a 4.41 mi (7.10 km) long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Wide Mouth Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Wide Mouth Branch Topo Map in Union". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Wide Mouth Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.