Back Creek Tributary to Caraway Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Randolph
Physical characteristics
Source	Deep River divide
• location	about 3 miles south of Randleman, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°47′43″N 079°50′05″W / 35.79528°N 79.83472°W / 35.79528; -79.83472[1]
• elevation	730 ft (220 m)[2]
Mouth	Caraway Creek
• location	about 3 miles northeast of Farmer, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°41′12″N 079°56′20″W / 35.68667°N 79.93889°W / 35.68667; -79.93889[1]
• elevation	413 ft (126 m)[2]
Length	9.78 mi (15.74 km)[3]
Basin size	37.98 square miles (98.4 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Caraway Creek
• average	42.46 cu ft/s (1.202 m3/s) at mouth with Caraway Creek[4]
Basin features
Progression	Caraway Creek → Uwharrie River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Pee Dee
Tributaries
• left	Greenes Branch Cedar Fork Cable Creek
• right	unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies	Back Creek Lake
Bridges	I-74, Turner Dairy Road, Health Dairy Road, Pineview Street, Spero Road, Lake Lucas Road, Old Lexington Road, Back Creek Road

Back Creek is a 9.78 mi (15.74 km) long 4th order tributary to Caraway Creek, in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Course

Back Creek rises on the Deep River divide about 3 miles south of Randleman in Randolph County, North Carolina. Back Creek then flows south-southeast to meet Caraway Creek about 3 miles northeast of Farmer.^[2]

Watershed

Back Creek drains 37.98 square miles (98.4 km²) of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 374.06 and is about 52% forested.^[4]