| Morgan Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to New Hope River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Morgan Creek mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chatham Durham Orange |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Chapel Hill Carrboro |
| Length: | 21.03miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | New Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 64.68cuft/s at mouth with New Hope River[2] |
| Source1: | Cane Creek and New Hope Creek divide |
| Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Dodsons Crossroads, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.9783°N -79.1442°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 490feet[4] |
| Mouth: | New Hope River |
| Mouth Location: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8106°N -78.9967°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 216feet |
| Progression: | generally southeast |
| River System: | Haw River |
| Tributaries Left: | Meeting of the Waters Chapel Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Neville Creek East Branch Price Creek Wilson Creek Buck Creek Cub Creek |
| Waterbodies: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
| Bridges: | Dairyland Road (x3), NC 54, Jones Ferry Road, Smith Level Road, US 15, Old Farrington Road |
Morgan Creek is a 21.03miles long 4th order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Morgan Creek forms the New Hope River along with New Hope Creek within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.
Morgan Creek rises in a pond on the Cane Creek and New Hope Creek divide about 0.5 miles northeast of Dodsons Crossroads, North Carolina. It flows into University Lake in Chapel Hill and then Morgan Creek flows southeast to meet New Hope Creek and forms the New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.[4]
Morgan Creek drains of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 433.06, and has an average water temperature of 14.91 °C.[2] The watershed is 61% forested.[2]
Morgan Creek is open to fishing, in the creek you can find Largemouth Bass, Sunfish, Black Bullhead Catfish, Yellow Bullhead Catfish, Brown Bullhead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Common Carp and most likely fish that are not known about being in Morgan Creek, you need a North Carolina fishing license to fish there unless you are under the age of 16 or you fish on the 4th of July when everyone is exempt.