Back Creek (Caraway Creek tributary)
| Back Creek Tributary to Caraway Creek | |
|---|---|
Location of Back Creek mouth Back Creek (Caraway Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Randolph |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Deep River divide |
| • location | about 3 miles south of Randleman, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°47′43″N 079°50′05″W / 35.79528°N 79.83472°W |
| • elevation | 730 ft (220 m) |
| Mouth | Caraway Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Farmer, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°41′12″N 079°56′20″W / 35.68667°N 79.93889°W |
• elevation | 413 ft (126 m) |
| Length | 9.78 mi (15.74 km) |
| Basin size | 37.98 square miles (98.4 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Caraway Creek |
| • average | 42.46 cu ft/s (1.202 m3/s) at mouth with Caraway Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Caraway Creek → Uwharrie River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Greenes Branch Cedar Fork Cable Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Back Creek Lake |
| Bridges | I-74, Turner Dairy Road, Health Dairy Road, Pineview Street, Spero Road, Lake Lucas Road, Old Lexington Road, Back Creek Road |
Back Creek is a 9.78 mi (15.74 km) long 4th order tributary to Caraway Creek, in Randolph County, North Carolina.