Haw Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the
Haw River, in
Alamance County, North Carolina.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Jumping Run
Course
Haw Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles southeast of
Mebane
Mebane is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and member of the Unite ...
in
Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 148,696. Its county seat is Hillsborough.
Orange County is included in the Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Metrop ...
and then flows southwest into
Alamance County
Alamance County (), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a county in North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,415. Its county seat ...
to the
Haw River about 3 miles south of
Swepsonville, North Carolina
Swepsonville is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population at the 2010 census was 1,154.
Geography
Swepsonville is located at (36.026744, - ...
.
Watershed
Haw Creek drains of area, receives about 46.3 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 427.99 and is about 49% forested.
See also
*
List of rivers of North Carolina
References
Rivers of North Carolina
Rivers of Alamance County, North Carolina
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