Hector Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

Coordinates: 35°26′52″N 078°51′50″W / 35.44778°N 78.86389°W / 35.44778; -78.86389
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Hector Creek
Tributary to Cape Fear River
Map of Hector Creek mouth location
Map of Hector Creek mouth location
Location of Hector Creek Creek mouth
Map of Hector Creek mouth location
Map of Hector Creek mouth location
Hector Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyHarnett County
Wake
Physical characteristics
SourceBuckhorn Creek divide
 • locationpond about 0.5 miles northeast of Duncan, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°33′02″N 078°50′33″W / 35.55056°N 78.84250°W / 35.55056; -78.84250[1]
 • elevation435 ft (133 m)[2]
MouthCape Fear River
 • location
about 4 miles southwest of Kipling, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°26′52″N 078°51′50″W / 35.44778°N 78.86389°W / 35.44778; -78.86389[1]
 • elevation
115 ft (35 m)[2]
Length10.81 mi (17.40 km)[3]
Basin size19.11 square miles (49.5 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationCape Fear River
 • average20.46 cu ft/s (0.579 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear RiverAtlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
 • leftCooper Branch
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesNC 42, Wagstaff Road, Rock Spring Lane, Rawls Church Road, Baptist Grove Road, Kipling Road, Christian Light Road

Hector Creek is a 10.81 mi (17.40 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina.

Course[edit]

Hector Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northeast of Duncan, North Carolina in Wake County and then flows south to Harnett County to join the Cape Fear River about 4 miles southwest of Kipling, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed[edit]

Hector Creek drains 19.11 square miles (49.5 km2) of area, receives about 46.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 410.00 and is about 50% forested.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Hector Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Hector Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Hector Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 September 2020.