Tysons Creek
| Tysons Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tysons Creek mouth  Tysons Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Moore Chatham |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Bear Creek divide |
| • location | Pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°34′29″N 079°27′17″W / 35.57472°N 79.45472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 530 ft (160 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Glendon, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°29′35″N 079°26′46″W / 35.49306°N 79.44611°W[1] |
• elevation | 228 ft (69 m)[2] |
| Length | 8.51 mi (13.70 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 12.81 square miles (33.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep River |
| • average | 15.51 cu ft/s (0.439 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Siler City-Glendon Road, Mert McManus Road, NC 42, Jesse Phillips Road, River Road |
Tysons Creek is a 4.18 mi (6.73 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina. This is the only stream in the United States by this name.
Course
[edit]Tysons Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads in Chatham County and then flows south into Moore County to join the Deep River about 1 mile northwest of Glendon, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Tysons Creek drains 12.81 square miles (33.2 km2) of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 400.09 and is about 51% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Tysons Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "McLendons Creek Topo Map in Moore". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Tysons Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2020.