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Crane Creek
Tributary to Little River
Crane Creek; Tributary to Little River
	Location of Crane Creek mouth Crane Creek (Little River tributary) (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Moore
Physical characteristics
Source	Crowley Creek divide
• location	about 2 miles east of Carthage, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°21′45″N 079°21′24″W / 35.36250°N 79.35667°W
• elevation	445 ft (136 m)
Mouth	Little River
• location	about 1 mile south of Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°11′07″N 079°10′06″W / 35.18528°N 79.16833°W
• elevation	184 ft (56 m)
Length	23.41 mi (37.67 km)
Basin size	100.22 square miles (259.6 km2)
Discharge
• location	Little River
• average	107.47 cu ft/s (3.043 m3/s) at mouth with Little River
Basin features
Progression	Little River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Cape Fear River
Tributaries
• left	Herds Creek; Little Crane Creek; Big Branch; Slash Branch; Beaver Creek; Horse Branch; Cypress Creek; Little Creek
• right	Dunhams Creek
Waterbodies	Lake Surf
Bridges	US 15-501, NC 24-27, Scott Road, Grady Road, Shaw Road, US 1 Business, US 1, McLauchlin Road, Loblolly Drive, Lobelia Road, McGill Road, McPherson Road

Crane Creek is a 23.41 mi (37.67 km) long 4th order tributary to the Little River in Moore County, North Carolina.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

Crains Creek
Little Crains Creek
North Fork Crains Creek

Course

Crane Creek rises on the Crowley Creek divide about 2 miles east of Carthage in Moore County, North Carolina. Crane Creek then flows southeast to meet the Little River about 1 mile south of Mt. Pleasant.^[2]

Watershed

Crane Creek drains 100.22 square miles (259.6 km²) of area, receives about 48.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 454.64 and is about 39% forested.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GNIS Detail - Crane Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Crane Creek Topo Map, Moore County NC (Lobelia Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Crane Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 24 November 2019.