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Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°42′00″N 079°02′31″W / 35.70000°N 79.04194°W / 35.70000; -79.04194
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Beaver Creek
Tributary to New Hope River
Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary) is located in North Carolina
Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary)
Location of Beaver Creek mouth
Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary) is located in the United States
Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary)
Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyChatham
Wake
CityApex
Physical characteristics
SourceCrabtree Creek divide
 • locationpond in Apex, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°45′14″N 078°51′10″W / 35.75389°N 78.85278°W / 35.75389; -78.85278[1]
 • elevation485 ft (148 m)[2]
MouthNew Hope River
 • location
B. Everett Jordan Lake
 • coordinates
35°42′00″N 079°02′31″W / 35.70000°N 79.04194°W / 35.70000; -79.04194[1]
 • elevation
216 ft (66 m)[2]
Length12.64 mi (20.34 km)[3]
Basin size41.24 square miles (106.8 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationNew Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake)
 • average45.24 cu ft/s (1.281 m3/s) at mouth with New Hope River[4]
Basin features
Progressionwest
River systemHaw River
Tributaries 
 • leftLittle Beaver Creek
Weaver Creek
 • rightReedy Branch
WaterbodiesB. Everett Jordan Lake
BridgesNC 55, Green Level Church Road, Olive Chapel Road, I-540, Kelly Road, Apex Barbecue Road, Richardson Road, New Hill-Olive Chapel Road, Beaver Creek Road

Beaver Creek is a 12.64 mi (20.34 km) long 4th order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Beaver Creek joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.

Course

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Beaver Creek rises in a pond on the Crabtree Creek divide in Apex in Wake County, North Carolina. Beaver Creek then flows west to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.[2]

Course of Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary)

Watershed

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Beaver Creek drains 41.24 square miles (106.8 km2) of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 468.29, and had an average water temperature of 15.31 °C.[4] The watershed is 19% developed, 1.4% agricultural, 52% forested, and 6.2% open water.[5]

Beaver Creek (New Hope River tributary) watershed

References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Beaver Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "New Hope Creek Topo Map, Chatham County NC (Green Level Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Beaver Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Model My Watershed". modelmywatershed.org. Stroud Water Research Center. Retrieved 1 December 2019.