Harlands Creek
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| Harlands Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Harlands Creek mouth  Harlands Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Chatham |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Dry Creek divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles west of Gum Springs, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°45′55″N 079°16′33″W / 35.76528°N 79.27583°W[1] |
| • elevation | 540 ft (160 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 5 miles southwest of Pittsboro, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°39′35″N 079°15′15″W / 35.65972°N 79.25417°W[1] |
• elevation | 318 ft (97 m)[2] |
| Length | 10.34 mi (16.64 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 15.76 square miles (40.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Rocky River |
| • average | 18.88 cu ft/s (0.535 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Carroll Farm Road, Buckner Creek Road, E Alston Road, Renaissance Drive, Harlands Creek Drive, US 64, Alston Chapel Road, NC 902 |
Harlands Creek is a 10.34 mi (16.64 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This 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]
- Hollands Creek