Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary)

Richland Creek in Umstead State Park
Richland Creek
Tributary to Crabtree Creek
Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary) is located in North Carolina
Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary)
Location of Richland Creek mouth
Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary) is located in the United States
Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary)
Richland Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyWake
CityRaleigh
Physical characteristics
SourcePond at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, North Carolina
 • locationRaleigh, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°47′19″N 078°43′47″W / 35.78861°N 78.72972°W / 35.78861; -78.72972[1]
 • elevation440 ft (130 m)
MouthCrabtree Creek
 • location
Raleigh, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°50′42″N 078°43′15″W / 35.84500°N 78.72083°W / 35.84500; -78.72083[1]
 • elevation
236 ft (72 m)[1]
Length5.25 mi (8.45 km)[2]
Basin size6.84 square miles (17.7 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationCrabtree Creek
 • average7.87 cu ft/s (0.223 m3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek[3]
Basin features
ProgressionCrabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River systemNeuse River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
Waterbodiesunnamed waterbodies

Richland Creek is a 5.25 mi (8.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to Crabtree Creek in Raleigh, North Carolina that rises in a pond on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. The creek then flows north across I-40 and through Schenck Forest to eventually join Crabtree Creek. The watershed is mainly developed with about 30% of it forested.

Course

Richland Creek rises in a pond on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and then flows north across I-40 and through Schenck Forest to join Crabtree Creek.[4] The watershed is about 30% forested.[3]

Watershed

Reedy Creek drains 4.44 square miles (11.5 km2) of area and is underlaid by the Raleigh terrane geologic formation.[5] The watershed receives an average of 46.3 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 407.29.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail – Richland Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Richland Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Southwest Prong Beaverdam Creek Topo Map, Wake County NC (Raleigh West Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Generalized Bedrock Geologic Map of Wake County, North Carolina" (PDF). County of Wake. Wake County, North Carolina. Retrieved 27 September 2019.