Potecasi Creek is a 41.28 mi (66.43 km) long 4th order tributary to the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Potecasi Creek Tributary to Meherrin River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Hertford Northampton |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Ramsey Creek and Wiccacanee Swamp |
• location | about 2 miles east of Jackson, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°23′26″N 077°20′47″W / 36.39056°N 77.34639°W[1] |
• elevation | 65 ft (20 m)[2] |
Mouth | Meherrin River |
• location | Parkers Ferry on Meherrin River |
• coordinates | 36°26′11″N 076°57′24″W / 36.43639°N 76.95667°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[3] |
Length | 41.28 mi (66.43 km)[4] |
Basin size | 41.28 square miles (106.9 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Meherrin River |
• average | 263.69 cu ft/s (7.467 m3/s) at mouth with Meherrin River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Meherrin River → Chowan River → Albemarle Sound[4] |
River system | Chowan River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Wildcat Swamp Paddys Delight Creek Panther Swamp Old Tree Swamp Bells Branch |
• right | Urabaw Swamp Cutawhiskie Creek Mill Branch |
Bridges | Creeksville Road, NC 35, US 258, Benthall Bridge Road, NC 11, US 158 |
Variant names
editAccording to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Catawhisky Creek
- Meherrin Creek
Course
editPotecasi Creek begins at the confluence of Ramsey Creek and Wiccacanee Swamp in Northampton County, North Carolina about 2 miles east of Jackson, and then flows easterly into Hertford County to join the Meherrin River at Parkers Ferry.[3]
Watershed
editPotecasi Creek drains 257.42 square miles (666.7 km2) of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 592.69, and is about 29% forested.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Potecasi Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Potecasi Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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