Hewletts Creek
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| Hewletts Creek Tributary to Intracoastal Waterway | |
|---|---|
  Location of Hewletts Creek mouth  Hewletts Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | New Hanover County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cape Fear River divide |
| • location | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 34°10′56″N 077°53′52″W / 34.18222°N 77.89778°W[1] |
| • elevation | 32 ft (9.8 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Intracoastal Waterway |
• location | Masonboro, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°10′53″N 077°50′07″W / 34.18139°N 77.83528°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.69 mi (7.55 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 11.09 square miles (28.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Intracoastal Waterway |
| • average | 18.37 cu ft/s (0.520 m3/s) at mouth with Intracoastal Waterway[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | east and southeast |
| River system | Atlantic Ocean |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Robert E. Lee Drive, NC 132, Holly Tree Road, Cascade Road, Pine Grove Drive |
Hewletts Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States.[5] It is the only stream of its name in the United States.
Hewletts Creek was named for a family of settlers.[6]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Hewlet Creek
- Hewlets Creek
Course
Hewletts Creek rises on the Cape Fear River divide in Pine Valley Country Club of Wilmington, North Carolina and then flows east and southeast to the Intracoastal Waterway in Masonboro, North Carolina.[2]