Browns Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
| Browns Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
|---|---|
Location of Browns Creek mouth Browns Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Bladen |
| City | Elizabethtown |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sheriff White Bay, a Carolina Bay |
| • location | about 1 mile southeast of Dublin, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 34°38′03″N 078°41′07″W / 34.63417°N 78.68528°W |
| • elevation | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 1.5 miles east of Elizabethtown, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°37′33″N 078°33′36″W / 34.62583°N 78.56000°W |
• elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Length | 18.79 mi (30.24 km) |
| Basin size | 18.79 square miles (48.7 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cape Fear River |
| • average | 21.00 cu ft/s (0.595 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Cape Fear River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Cross Pond |
| Bridges | Hugs Hog Farm Road, Browns Creek Church Road, Westwood Drive, unnamed road, Peanut Plant Road, NC 87, Martin Luther King Drive, US 701-NC 242, Mercer Mill Road, NC 87 |
Browns Creek is a 27.78 mi (44.71 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.