Tick Creek (Rocky River tributary)

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Tick Creek
Tributary to Rocky River
Map of Tick Creek mouth location
Map of Tick Creek mouth location
Location of Tick Creek mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyChatham
Physical characteristics
SourceLoves Creek divide
 • locationPond about 4 miles south of Siler City, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°40′29″N 079°29′01″W / 35.67472°N 79.48361°W / 35.67472; -79.48361[1]
 • elevation665 ft (203 m)[2]
MouthRocky River
 • location
about 5 miles southeast of Siler City, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°41′02″N 079°20′27″W / 35.68389°N 79.34083°W / 35.68389; -79.34083Coordinates: 35°41′02″N 079°20′27″W / 35.68389°N 79.34083°W / 35.68389; -79.34083[1]
 • elevation
398 ft (121 m)[2]
Length12.20 mi (19.63 km)[3]
Basin size21.73 square miles (56.3 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationRocky River
 • average21.52 cu ft/s (0.609 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionRocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River systemDeep River
Tributaries 
 • leftEvans Creek
Welsh Branch
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesOakley Church Road, Pear Drive, Joe Brown Road, Siler City-Glendon Road, Petty Road, Tick Creek Preserve Lane, Old US 421, US 421, Ike Brooks Road, Rives Chapel Church Road, Tommy Moody Drive

Tick Creek is a 12.20 mi (19.63 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina.

Course[]

Tick Creek rises in a pond on the Love Creek divide about 4 miles south of Siler City, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows south and makes a curve to the northeast to join the Rocky River about 5 miles southeast of Siler City.[2]

Watershed[]

Tick Creek drains 21.73 square miles (56.3 km2) of area, receives about 47.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 411.49 and is about 55% forested.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Tick Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Tick Creek Topo Map in Chatham". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Tick Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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