Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
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Rockfish Creek is a 47.40 mi (76.28 km) long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
Quick Facts Rockfish Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River, Location ...
Rockfish Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cumberland Hoke Moore |
City | Hope Mills Raeford Southern Pines |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Aberdeen Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles northeast of Aberdeen, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°08′41″N 079°22′46″W[1] |
• elevation | 440 ft (130 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 3 miles southeast of Fayetteville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°58′06″N 078°49′11″W[1] |
• elevation | 41 ft (12 m)[2] |
Length | 47.40 mi (76.28 km)[3] |
Basin size | 309.41 square miles (801.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 324.92 cu ft/s (9.201 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Piney Bottom Creek Calf Branch Juniper Creek Nicholson Creek Beaver Creek Gully Branch Stewarts Branch Little Rockfish Creek Big Sandy Run |
• right | Wolf Creek Gum Branch Field Branch Cabin Branch Mill Creek Peddlers Branch |
Waterbodies | Upchurches Pond |
Bridges | Fort Bragg Road, King Road, numerous unnamed roads in Fort Bragg, Plank Road, N Vass Road, US 401-Bypass, US 401-Business, Golf Course Road, Rockfish Road, NC 59, Calico Street, I-95, Research Drive, I-95, NC 87 |
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