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Rough Butt Creek

Coordinates: 35°19′29″N 082°01′36″W / 35.32472°N 82.02667°W / 35.32472; -82.02667
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Rough Butt Creek
Tributary to Caney Fork
Rough Butt Creek is located in North Carolina
Rough Butt Creek
Location of Rough Butt Creek mouth
Rough Butt Creek is located in the United States
Rough Butt Creek
Rough Butt Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyJackson
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Rough Butt Creek and Wolf Creek
 • locationabout 0.5 miles southwest of Rough Butt Bald
 • coordinates35°18′42″N 082°58′27″W / 35.31167°N 82.97417°W / 35.31167; -82.97417[1]
 • elevation4,900 ft (1,500 m)[2]
MouthCaney Fork
 • location
about 2 miles east-northeast of Rich Mountain, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°19′29″N 082°01′36″W / 35.32472°N 82.02667°W / 35.32472; -82.02667[1]
 • elevation
2,930 ft (890 m)[2]
Length3.31 mi (5.33 km)[3]
Basin size3.51 square miles (9.1 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationCaney Fork
 • average11.89 cu ft/s (0.337 m3/s) at mouth with Caney Fork[4]
Basin features
Progressionwest-northwest
River systemTuckasegee
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries

Rough Butt Creek is a stream in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the United States.[5] It is located within the Nantahala National Forest.

A hiking trail along Rough Butt Creek leads to a 35-foot (11 m) waterfall.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Rough Butt Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Rough Butt Creek Topo Map, Jackson County NC (Tuckasegee Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Rough Butt Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rough Butt Creek
  6. ^ Adams, Kevin (2005). North Carolina Waterfalls: A Hiking and Photography Guide. John F. Blair, Publisher. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-89587-320-0.