Cane Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Haw River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cane Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Cane Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Alamance Orange |
Length: | 13.74miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Haw River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 43.21cuft/s at mouth with Haw River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Cane Creek and Crabtree Creek (Eno River) |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles east of Buckhorn, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.0347°N -79.1733°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 680feet[4] |
Mouth: | Haw River |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles east of Eli Whitney, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.9097°N -79.2683°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 398feet |
Progression: | southwest |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | Watery Fork |
Tributaries Right: | Hog Branch Turkey Hill Creek Toms Creek |
Bridges: | Borland Road, Arthur Minnis Road, Buckhorn Road, NC 54, Morrow Mill Road |
Cane Creek is a 13.74miles long 4th order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance and Orange Counties, North Carolina. This Cane Creek is on the left bank of the Haw River.
Cane Creek rises on the divide between Cane Creek and Crabtree Creek (Eno River) about 2 miles east of Buckhorn, North Carolina in Orange County, North Carolina. Cane Creek then flows southwest meet the Haw River about 2 miles east of Eli Whitney in Alamance County.[4]
Cane Creek drains of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 415.16 and is about 59% forested.[2]