Camp Branch Tributary to Swannanoa River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Buncombe |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | base of Miami Mountain |
• location | about 1 mile south of Black Mountain, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°36′24″N 082°17′58″W / 35.60667°N 82.29944°W / 35.60667; -82.29944 |
• elevation | 2,880 ft (880 m) |
Mouth | Swannanoa River |
• location | about 0.25 miles south of Black Mountain, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°36′18″N 082°19′26″W / 35.60500°N 82.32389°W / 35.60500; -82.32389 |
• elevation | 2,310 ft (700 m) |
Length | 1.54 mi (2.48 km) |
Basin size | 3.02 square miles (7.8 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Swannanoa River |
• average | 5.26 cu ft/s (0.149 m/s) at mouth with Swannanoa River |
Basin features | |
Progression | Swannanoa River → French Broad River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | French Broad River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Camp Branch Road (x3), Lakey Gap Road, Sellers Lane, Donne Drive, Chaucer Road, NC 9, Dogwood Lane, Blue Ridge Road |
Camp Branch is a 1.54 mi (2.48 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Swannanoa River in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Course
Camp Branch rises about 1 mile southeast of Black Mountain, North Carolina, in Buncombe County at the base of Miami Mountain. Camp Branch then flows west-southwest to meet the Swannanoa River about 0.25 miles south of Black Mountain.
Watershed
Camp Branch drains 3.02 square miles (7.8 km) of area, receives about 50.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 238.99 and is about 81% forested.
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Camp Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Black Mountain Topo Map, Buncombe County NC (Black Mountain Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Camp Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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