Mallard Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County |
Cabarrus Mecklenburg |
City |
Harrisburg Charlotte |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Irwin Creek divide |
• location | pond in northeast Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°18′36″N 080°49′17″W / 35.31000°N 80.82139°W [1] |
• elevation | 800 ft (240 m) [2] |
Mouth | Harrisburg, North Carolina |
• location | pond in northside of Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°20′18″N 080°39′47″W / 35.33833°N 80.66306°W [1] |
• elevation | 546 ft (166 m) [2] |
Length | 12.23 mi (19.68 km) [3] |
Basin size | 41.54 square miles (107.6 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 44.78 cu ft/s (1.268 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left |
Clarks Creek Stony Creek |
• right |
Doby Creek Toby Creek |
Bridges | Crestland Avenue, W Sugar Creek Road, Hubbard Road, NC 24, Mallard Creek Road, David Taylor Drive, I-85, US 29, E Mallard Creek Church Road, I-485, Pavillion Boulevard, Morehead Road |
Mallard Creek is a 12.23 mi (19.68 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Mallard Creek rises in a pond on the northside of Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows easterly through the northern suburbs of Charlotte into Cabarrus County to join the Rocky River in Harrisburg. [2]
Mallard Creek drains 41.54 square miles (107.6 km2) of area, receives about 46.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 417.80, and is about 22% forested. [4]