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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Haw Creek (Haw River Tributary)

Haw Creek is a 12.84 mi (20.66 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance County, North Carolina.

Variant names

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

  • Jumping Run

Course

Haw Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles southeast of Mebane in Orange County, North Carolina and then flows southwest into Alamance County to the Haw River about 3 miles south of Swepsonville, North Carolina.

Watershed

Haw Creek drains 28.43 square miles (73.6 km) of area, receives about 46.3 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 427.99 and is about 49% forested.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Haw Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Big Alamance Creek Topo Map, Alamance County NC (Mebane Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Haw Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.