Wide Mouth Branch
| Wide Mouth Branch Tributary to Lanes Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wide Mouth Branch mouth  Wide Mouth Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Anson Union |
| City | Marshville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Salem Creek divide |
| • location | pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°00′22″N 080°21′02″W / 35.00611°N 80.35056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 552 ft (168 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Lanes 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[1] |
• elevation | 368 ft (112 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.41 mi (7.10 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4.28 square miles (11.1 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lanes Creek |
| • average | 5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Lanes Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lanes Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Old 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]
Course
[edit]Wide Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina in Union County. Wide Mouth Branch then flows east-southeast into Anson County to meet Lanes Creek about 0.5 miles west of Peachland.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Wide Mouth Branch drains 4.28 square miles (11.1 km2) of area, receives about 48.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 447.40 and is about 23% forested.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Wide Mouth Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wide Mouth Branch Topo Map in Union". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wide Mouth Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.