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Back Creek (Rocky River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°18′59″N 080°35′44″W / 35.31639°N 80.59556°W / 35.31639; -80.59556
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Back Creek
Tributary to Rocky River
Map of Back Creek mouth location
Map of Back Creek mouth location
Location of Back Creek mouth
Map of Back Creek mouth location
Map of Back Creek mouth location
Back Creek (Rocky River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyCabarrus
Mecklenburg
CityHarrisburg
Charlotte
Physical characteristics
SourceReedy Creek divide
 • locationnortheast Charlotte, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°15′48″N 080°43′50″W / 35.26333°N 80.73056°W / 35.26333; -80.73056[1]
 • elevation800 ft (240 m)[2]
MouthRocky River
 • location
about 1.5 miles southeast of Pharrs Mill, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°18′59″N 080°35′44″W / 35.31639°N 80.59556°W / 35.31639; -80.59556[1]
 • elevation
518 ft (158 m)[2]
Length18.58 mi (29.90 km)[3]
Basin size40.11 square miles (103.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationRocky River
 • average17.59 cu ft/s (0.498 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionRocky RiverPee Dee RiverWinyah BayAtlantic Ocean
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightFuda Creek
BridgesGrier Road, NC 24, S Devon Street, Rocky River Road, Back Creek Road, NC 24, McLean Road, Katherine Kiker Road, Back Creek Church Road, I-485, Caldwell Park Road, Robinson Church Road, Hickory Ridge Road, Raging Ridge Road, Pharr Mill Road

Back Creek is a 11.59 mi (18.65 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Variant names

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According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Black Creek
  • Buck Creek

Course

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Back Creek rises in a pond in northeastern Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows easterly through the northern suburbs of Charlotte into Cabarrus County to join the Rocky River about 1.5 miles southeast of Pharrs Mill.[2]

Watershed

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Back Creek drains 40.11 square miles (103.9 km2) of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 439.32, and is about 25% forested.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail – Back Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Back Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 November 2020.