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, it has also been known historically as:
*Cleur Creek
*Red Creek
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wa ...
. Clear Creek then flows northeast into Cabarrus County and then turns southeast into Union County to meet the Rocky River about 1 mile east-northeast of Brief at the Cabarrus-Union County line.
Watershed
Clear Creek drains of area, receives about 47.4 in/year of precipitation, has a
topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ...