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Turnbull Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

Turnbull Creek is a 27.78 mi (44.71 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.

Course

Turnbull Creek rises in between Bushy Lake and Rollins Pond, a Carolina Bay, about 5 miles east of Roseboro, North Carolina in Cumberland County. Turnbull Creek then flows southeast to Bladen County to join the Cape Fear River about 1.5 miles east of Elizabethtown, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

Turnbull Creek drains 88.27 square miles (228.6 km2) of area, receives about 49.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 617.26 and is about 23% forested.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Turnbull Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Turnbull Creek Topo Map in Bladen". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Turnbull Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 September 2020.