Mill Creek Tributary to Coddle Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus Rowan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Irish Buffalo Creek divide |
• location | Enochville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°32′21″N 080°40′20″W / 35.53917°N 80.67222°W[1] |
• elevation | 870 ft (270 m)[2] |
Mouth | Coddle Creek |
• location | about 3 miles southwest of Kannapolis, North Carolina within Coddle Creek Reservoir |
• coordinates | 35°26′32″N 080°42′22″W / 35.44222°N 80.70611°W[1] |
• elevation | 646 ft (197 m)[2] |
Length | 7.89 mi (12.70 km)[3] |
Basin size | 8.25 square miles (21.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Coddle Creek |
• average | 9.74 cu ft/s (0.276 m3/s) at mouth with Coddle Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Coddle Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | Coddle Creek Reservoir |
Bridges | Enochville School Road, Smith Road, Russell Farm Road, Wright Road, Tuckaseegee Road, Mooresville Road, Stirewalt Road |
Mill Creek is a 7.89 mi (12.70 km) long 1st order tributary to Coddle Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Mill Creek rises in Enochville, North Carolina and then flows south to join Coddle Creek within Coddle Creek Reservoir about 3 miles southwest of Kannapolis.[2]
Mill Creek drains 8.28 square miles (21.4 km2) of area, receives about 46.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 442.55, and is about 45% forested.[4]