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Back Creek (Caraway Creek tributary)

Back Creek is a 9.78 mi (15.74 km) long 4th order tributary to Caraway Creek, in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Course

Back Creek rises on the Deep River divide about 3 miles south of Randleman in Randolph County, North Carolina. Back Creek then flows south-southeast to meet Caraway Creek about 3 miles northeast of Farmer.[2]

Watershed

Back Creek drains 37.98 square miles (98.4 km2) of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 374.06 and is about 52% forested.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Back Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Caraway Creek Topo Map, Randolph County NC (Farmer Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Back Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 November 2019.