Pocket Creek (Deep River tributary)

Pocket Creek Tributary to Deep River
GILLIAM PARK COVERED BRIDGE, LEE COUNTY, NC
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Lee
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Pocket Creek, Herds Creek, and Little Crane Creek
• location	White Hill, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°23′11″N 079°16′46″W[1]
• elevation	475 ft (145 m)[2]
Mouth	Deep River
• location	about 1.5 miles south of Gulf, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°32′03″N 079°16′49″W[1]
• elevation	208 ft (63 m)[2]
Length	16.44 mi (26.46 km)[3]
Basin size	37.65 square miles (97.5 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Deep River
• average	42.61 cu ft/s (1.207 m^3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4]
Basin features
Progression	Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Deep River
Tributaries
• left	Dry Fork Little Pocket Creek
• right	Raccoon Creek
Bridges	Villanow Drive, Chris Cole Road, Center Church Road, Covered Bridge Lane, Henley Road, Steel Bridge Road, Carbonton Road (NC 42)

Pocket Creek is a 16.44 mi (26.46 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee County, North Carolina. The longest covered bridge (Gilliam Park Covered Bridge) in North Carolina crosses this creek.[5]

Course

Pocket Creek rises in a pond in White Hill, North Carolina and then flows north to join the Deep River about 1.5 miles south of Gulf, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

Pocket Creek drains 37.65 square miles (97.5 km^2) of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 390.19 and is about 63% forested.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of North Carolina

External links

• Longest Covered Bridge in North Carolina

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Pocket Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
2. "Pocket Creek Topo Map in Lee". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
4. "Pocket Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
5. Jarvis, Robin (17 October 2019). "The Longest Covered Bridge In North Carolina, At Ole Gilliam Mill Park, Is 140 Feet Long". OnlyInYourState. Onlyinyourstate. Retrieved 18 August 2020.