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Eagle Swamp Tributary to Contentnea Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Lenoir
Physical characteristics
Source	Wheat Swamp divide
• location	pond at Hugo, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°23′26″N 077°31′52″W / 35.39056°N 77.53111°W / 35.39056; -77.53111
• elevation	22 ft (6.7 m)
Mouth	Contentnea Creek
• location	Tick Bite, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°21′05″N 077°25′37″W / 35.35139°N 77.42694°W / 35.35139; -77.42694
• elevation	1 ft (0.30 m)
Length	7.38 mi (11.88 km)
Basin size	10.07 square miles (26.1 km)
Discharge
• location	Contentnea Creek
• average	12.07 cu ft/s (0.342 m/s) at mouth with Contentnea Creek
Basin features
Progression	Contentnea Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Neuse River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Sharon Church Road, Skeeter Pond Road, NC 11, S Highland Avenue, Tick Bite Road

Eagle Swamp is a 7.38 mi (11.88 km) long 3rd order tributary to Contentnea Creek in Lenoir County, North Carolina.

Course

Eagle Swamp rises in Hugo, North Carolina and then flows southeast to join Contentnea Creek at Tick Bite.

Watershed

Eagle Swamp drains 10.07 square miles (26.1 km) of area, receives about 49.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 595.43, and is about 15% forested.

References

1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Eagle Swamp". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
2. ^ "Eagle Swamp Topo Map in Lenoir". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
4. ^ "Eagle Swamp Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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