Big Governors Creek
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| Big Governors Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Big Governors Creek mouth  Big Governors Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Lee Moore |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Herds Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles southwest of White Hill, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°22′15″N 079°18′25″W / 35.37083°N 79.30694°W[1] |
| • elevation | 465 ft (142 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Haw Branch, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′39″N 079°21′35″W / 35.47750°N 79.35972°W[1] |
• elevation | 226 ft (69 m)[2] |
| Length | 13.71 mi (22.06 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 40.87 square miles (105.9 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep River |
| • average | 46.70 cu ft/s (1.322 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | McIntosh Creek Crawley Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Torchwood Road, Old River Road, Wadsworth Road, Underwood Road, Harrington Road |
Big Governors Creek is a 13.71 mi (22.06 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee and Moore Counties, North Carolina. This creek forms the Lee-Moore county line, in part and is the only stream of this name in the United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Governors Creek
- Millstone Creek
Course
Big Governors Creek rises about 0.5 miles southwest of White Hill in Moore County and then flows northwest and north to join the Deep River about 1.5 miles southeast of Haw Branch, North Carolina.[2]