Donoho Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Bladen |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Carvers Creek divide |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Westbrook, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°29′23″N 078°27′00″W / 34.48972°N 78.45000°W[1] |
• elevation | 90 ft (27 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 0.25 miles northeast of Westbrook, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°28′52″N 078°24′48″W / 34.48111°N 78.41333°W[1] |
• elevation | 13 ft (4.0 m)[2] |
Length | 2.20 mi (3.54 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.04 square miles (5.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 2.65 cu ft/s (0.075 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | NC 87, N Braddy Plantation Road |
Donoho Creek is a 2.20 mi (3.54 km) long 1st order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Donoho Creek rises on the Carvers Creek divide about 1 mile northwest of Westbrook, North Carolina. Donoho Creek then flows southeast to join the Cape Fear River about 0.25 miles northeast of Westbrook.[2]
Donoho Creek drains 2.04 square miles (5.3 km2) of area, receives about 50.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 552.49 and is about 20% forested.[4]