Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary)

Richland Creek in Umstead State Park

Richland Creek Tributary to Crabtree Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Wake
City	Raleigh
Physical characteristics
Source	Pond at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, North Carolina
• location	Raleigh, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°47′19″N 078°43′47″W[1]
• elevation	440 ft (130 m)
Mouth	Crabtree Creek
• location	Raleigh, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°50′42″N 078°43′15″W[1]
• elevation	236 ft (72 m)[1]
Length	5.25 mi (8.45 km)[2]
Basin size	6.84 square miles (17.7 km^2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Crabtree Creek
• average	7.87 cu ft/s (0.223 m^3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek[3]
Basin features
Progression	Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Neuse River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies	unnamed waterbodies

Richland Creek is a 5.25 mi (8.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to Crabtree Creek in Raleigh, North Carolina that rises in a pond on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. The creek then flows north across I-40 and through Schenck Forest to eventually join Crabtree Creek. The watershed is mainly developed with about 30% of it forested.

Course

Richland Creek rises in a pond on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and then flows north across I-40 and through Schenck Forest to join Crabtree Creek.[4] The watershed is about 30% forested.[3]

Watershed

Reedy Creek drains 4.44 square miles (11.5 km^2) of area and is underlaid by the Raleigh terrane geologic formation.[5] The watershed receives an average of 46.3 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 407.29.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of North Carolina

External links

• Schenck Forest
• Carolina Outdoors Guide (Schenck Forest)
• Inside the Carl Schenck Memorial Forest

References

1. "GNIS Detail – Richland Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
2. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
3. "Richland Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
4. "Southwest Prong Beaverdam Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh West Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
5. "Generalized Bedrock Geologic Map of Wake County, North Carolina" (PDF). County of Wake. Wake County, North Carolina. Retrieved 27 September 2019.