Toby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary)
Toby Creek Tributary to Mallard Creek | |
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![]() ![]() Location of Toby Creek mouth | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Mecklenburg |
City | Charlotte |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sugar Creek divide |
• location | Junker Community in Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°16′12″N 080°45′51″W / 35.27000°N 80.76417°W[1] |
• elevation | 742 ft (226 m)[2] |
Mouth | Mallard Creek |
• location | northside of Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°19′05″N 080°44′10″W / 35.31806°N 80.73611°WCoordinates: 35°19′05″N 080°44′10″W / 35.31806°N 80.73611°W[1] |
• elevation | 590 ft (180 m)[2] |
Length | 4.15 mi (6.68 km)[3] |
Basin size | 5.12 square miles (13.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Mallard Creek |
• average | 5.98 cu ft/s (0.169 m3/s) at mouth with Mallard Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Mallard Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Autumnwood Lane, W Rocky River Road, Chancellor Park Drive, NC 24, Alumni Way |
Toby Creek is a 4.15 mi (6.68 km) long 1st order tributary to Mallard Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Course[]
Toby Creek rises in the Junker community of Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows northeast through the northern suburbs of Charlotte to eventually join Mallard Creek.[2] Toby Creek runs through the campus of UNC-Charlotte on its ways to Mallard Creek.
Watershed[]
Toby Creek drains 5.12 square miles (13.3 km2) of area, receives about 46.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 416.62, and is about 14% forested.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail – Toby Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Toby Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Categories:
- Rivers of North Carolina
- Rivers of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina geography stubs
- North Carolina river stubs