Big Branch (Crabtree Creek tributary)
| Big Branch Tributary to Crabtree Creek | |
|---|---|
Location of Big Branch mouth Big Branch (Crabtree Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Wake |
| City | Raleigh |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Big Branch and Mine Creek |
| • location | Raleigh, North Carolina near Falls of the Neuse Road |
| • coordinates | 35°51′54″N 78°37′44″W / 35.86500°N 78.62889°W |
| • elevation | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Mouth | Crabtree Creek |
• location | Raleigh, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°49′02″N 78°37′44″W / 35.8172°N 78.6289°W |
• elevation | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Length | 3.59 mi (5.78 km) |
| Basin size | 3.98 square miles (10.3 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Crabtree Creek |
| • average | 4.70 cu ft/s (0.133 m3/s) at mouth with Crabtree Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Neuse River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Shanda Drive, Spring Forest Road, Maple Ridge Road, East Millbrook Road, Purdue Street, Compton Road, Hardimont Road, St. Albans Drive, US 1, Cheswick Drive, Six Forks Road |
Big Branch is a 3.59 mi (5.78 km) long tributary of Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina, and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.