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Pocket Creek (Deep River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°32′03″N 079°16′49″W / 35.53417°N 79.28028°W / 35.53417; -79.28028
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Pocket Creek
Tributary to Deep River
View of the entrance to Gilliam Park covered bridge
GILLIAM PARK COVERED BRIDGE, LEE COUNTY, NC
Map of Pocket Creek mouth location
Map of Pocket Creek mouth location
Location of Pocket Creek mouth
Map of Pocket Creek mouth location
Map of Pocket Creek mouth location
Pocket Creek (Deep River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyLee
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Pocket Creek, Herds Creek, and Little Crane Creek
 • locationWhite Hill, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°23′11″N 079°16′46″W / 35.38639°N 79.27944°W / 35.38639; -79.27944[1]
 • elevation475 ft (145 m)[2]
MouthDeep River
 • location
about 1.5 miles south of Gulf, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°32′03″N 079°16′49″W / 35.53417°N 79.28028°W / 35.53417; -79.28028[1]
 • elevation
208 ft (63 m)[2]
Length16.44 mi (26.46 km)[3]
Basin size37.65 square miles (97.5 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationDeep River
 • average42.61 cu ft/s (1.207 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionDeep RiverCape Fear RiverAtlantic Ocean
River systemDeep River
Tributaries 
 • leftDry Fork
Little Pocket Creek
 • rightRaccoon Creek
BridgesVillanow Drive, Chris Cole Road, Center Church Road, Covered Bridge Lane, Henley Road, Steel Bridge Road, Carbonton Road (NC 42)

Pocket Creek is a 16.44 mi (26.46 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee County, North Carolina. The longest covered bridge (Gilliam Park Covered Bridge) in North Carolina crosses this creek.[5]

Course

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Pocket Creek rises in a pond in White Hill, North Carolina and then flows north to join the Deep River about 1.5 miles south of Gulf, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

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Pocket Creek drains 37.65 square miles (97.5 km2) of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 390.19 and is about 63% forested.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Pocket Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Pocket Creek Topo Map in Lee". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Pocket Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ Jarvis, Robin (17 October 2019). "The Longest Covered Bridge In North Carolina, At Ole Gilliam Mill Park, Is 140 Feet Long". OnlyInYourState. Onlyinyourstate. Retrieved 18 August 2020.