Little Buffalo Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the
Deep River in
Lee County, North Carolina
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,285. The county seat is Sanford. It was established on March 6, 1907, from parts of Chatham and Moore counties, and named for ...
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Course
Little Buffalo Creek rises in
Sanford, North Carolina
Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 30,261 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lee County.
History
Sanford was named for C.O. Sanford, a railroad civil engineer instrumental in the building ...
and then flows north to the
Deep River about 2 miles east-northeast of
Farmville, North Carolina
Farmville is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States, eight miles to the west of Greenville. At the 2010 Census, the population was 4,654. Farmville is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area located in North Carolina's Inner B ...
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Watershed
Little Buffalo Creek drains of area, receives about 47.6 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 458.86 and is about 35% forested.
References
Rivers of North Carolina
Rivers of Lee County, North Carolina
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