Parkers 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 Parkers Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Chatham |
Length: | 6.21miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | New Hope River (B. Everett Jordan Lake) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.54cuft/s at mouth with New Hope River[2] |
Source1: | Haw River divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.2 miles southeast of Red Hill |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7631°N -79.0978°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 530feet[4] |
Mouth: | New Hope River |
Mouth Location: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.7119°N -79.0431°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 216feet |
Progression: | southeast and south |
River System: | Haw River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Windfall Branch |
Waterbodies: | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
Bridges: | Mt. Gilead Church Road, Seaforth Road, US 64 |
Parkers Creek is a 6.21miles long 2nd order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina. Parkers Creek joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.
Parkers Creek rises on the Haw River divide about 0.2 miles southeast of Red Hill. Parkers Creek then flows southeast and south to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.[4]
Parkers Creek drains of area, receives about 47.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 516.42, and has an average water temperature of 15.21 °C.[2] The watershed is 71% forested.[2]