Horse Creek (Drowning Creek tributary)
Stream in North Carolina, USA
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Horse Creek is a 10.08-mile-long (16.22 km) third-order tributary to Drowning Creek (Lumber River) in Moore County, North Carolina. The water of Horse Creek is classed as WS-II and HQW (High-Quality Water).[5]
| Horse Creek Tributary to Drowning Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Horse Creek mouth  Horse Creek (Drowning Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Moore |
| Village | Pinehurst |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Joes Fork divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles southwest of Pinehurst, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°11′26″N 079°29′07″W[1] |
| • elevation | 480 ft (150 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Drowning Creek |
• location | about 2 miles southwest of Addor, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°03′50″N 079°30′25″W[1] |
• elevation | 279 ft (85 m)[2] |
| Length | 10.08 mi (16.22 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 43.51 square miles (112.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Drowning Creek |
| • average | 50.24 cu ft/s (1.423 m3/s) at mouth with Drowning Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | generally south |
| River system | Lumber River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | Deep Creek |
| Waterbodies | Pinehurst Lake |
| Bridges | Burning Tree Road, Diamond Head Drive S, Linden Road, Roseland Road |
Course
Watershed
Horse Creek drains 43.51 square miles (112.68 km2) of area, receives about 49.2 inches per year (1,249 mm/a) of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 466.77 and is about 37% forested.[4]