Broad Mouth Branch
| Broad Mouth Branch Tributary to Deep River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Broad Mouth Branch mouth  Broad Mouth Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Randolph |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Back Branch divide |
| • location | Pond about 2.5 miles northeast of Coleridge, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°40′32″N 079°35′41″W / 35.67556°N 79.59472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 605 ft (184 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 1.5 miles north of Coleridge, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°39′53″N 079°37′21″W / 35.66472°N 79.62250°W[1] |
• elevation | 399 ft (122 m)[2] |
| Length | 2.69 mi (4.33 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2.15 square miles (5.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep River |
| • average | 2.80 cu ft/s (0.079 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Troy Caverness Road, NC 22 |
Broad Mouth Branch is a 2.69 mi (4.33 km) long 1st order tributary to the Deep River in Randolph, North Carolina. This is the only stream with this name in the United States according to the US Geological Survey.
Course
[edit]Broad Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the Back Branch divide about 2.5 miles northeast of Coleridge, North Carolina in Randolph County, North Carolina and then flows southwesterly to join the Deep River about 1 mile north of Coleridge, North Carolina.[2]
Watershed
[edit]Broad Mouth Branch drains 2.15 square miles (5.6 km2) of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 383.09 and is about 50% forested.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Broad Mouth Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Richland Creek Topo Map in Randolph". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Broad Mouth Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.