Cabbage Branch (Brown Creek tributary)

Cabbage Branch is a 3.59 mi (5.78 km) long 1st order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina.

Cabbage Branch
Tributary to Brown Creek
Cabbage Branch (Brown Creek tributary) is located in North Carolina
Cabbage Branch (Brown Creek tributary)
Location of Cabbage Branch mouth
Cabbage Branch (Brown Creek tributary) is located in the United States
Cabbage Branch (Brown Creek tributary)
Cabbage Branch (Brown Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAnson
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Cabbage Branch and Buffalo Creek
  locationpond about 0.5 miles w of Ansonville, North Carolina
  coordinates35°06′22″N 080°07′53″W[1]
  elevation350 ft (110 m)[2]
MouthBrown Creek
  location
about 3 miles south of Ansonville, North Carolina
  coordinates
35°03′56″N 080°06′50″W[1]
  elevation
213 ft (65 m)[2]
Length3.59 mi (5.78 km)[3]
Basin size2.08 square miles (5.4 km2)[4]
Discharge 
  locationBrown Creek
  average2.46 cu ft/s (0.070 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressionsouth-southeast
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesAnsonville-Polkton Road, Jacks Branch Road

Course

Cabbage Branch rises in a pond about 0.5 miles west of Ansonville, North Carolina. Cabbage Branch then flows south-southeast to meet Brown Creek about 3 miles south of Ansonville, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

Cabbage Branch drains 2.08 square miles (5.4 km2) of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 445.24 and is about 62% forested.[4]

References

  1. "GNIS Detail - Cabbage Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "Water Quality Ratings". www.nconemap.gov. State of North Carolina. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. "Cabbage Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.



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