Big Branch (Crabtree Creek Tributary)
Big Branch is a 3.59 mi (5.78 km) long tributary of Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina, and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
Course
Big Branch rises in northern Raleigh, North Carolina, then flows south to meet Crabtree Creek across from Kiwanis Park. It is a developed watershed with only 7% of the watershed considered to be forested.
Watershed
Big Branch drains 3.98 square miles (10.3 km) of area. The upper part of the watershed is underlaid by Falls Leucogneiss. The middle and lower watershed is underlaid by Raleigh Gneiss geology. The watershed receives an average of 46.5 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 415.15.
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References
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Mine Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh West Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Big Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Big Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Wake County Geologic Map". www.arcgis.com. North Carolina Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 September 2019.