Buies Creek
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| Buies Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Buies Creek Creek mouth  Buies Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Harnett |
| City | Buies Creek |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Black River divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°28′37″N 078°42′47″W / 35.47694°N 78.71306°W[1] |
| • elevation | 302 ft (92 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°23′00″N 078°45′13″W / 35.38333°N 78.75361°W[1] |
• elevation | 98 ft (30 m)[2] |
| Length | 7.31 mi (11.76 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 27.91 square miles (72.3 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cape Fear River |
| • average | 28.68 cu ft/s (0.812 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Cape Fear River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East Buies Creek |
| • right | West Buies Creek |
| Bridges | NC 55, Butts Road, Sheriff Johnson Road, US 421-NC 27 |
Buies Creek is a 7.31 mi (11.76 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
Buies Creek rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier and then flows south to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile southwest of Buies Creek.[2]