Toby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary)
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| Toby Creek Tributary to Mallard Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Toby Creek mouth  Toby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Mecklenburg |
| City | Charlotte |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sugar Creek divide |
| • location | Junker Community in Charlotte, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°16′12″N 080°45′51″W / 35.27000°N 80.76417°W[1] |
| • elevation | 742 ft (226 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Mallard Creek |
• location | northside of Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°19′05″N 080°44′10″W / 35.31806°N 80.73611°W[1] |
• elevation | 590 ft (180 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.15 mi (6.68 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 5.12 square miles (13.3 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mallard Creek |
| • average | 5.98 cu ft/s (0.169 m3/s) at mouth with Mallard Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mallard Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Autumnwood Lane, West Rocky River Road, Chancellor Park Drive, University City Boulevard (NC 49), W.T. Harris Boulevard (NC 24), Johnson Alumni Way, Phillips Road, Lynx Blue Line |
Toby Creek is a 4.15 mi (6.68 km) long 1st order tributary to Mallard Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Toby Creek rises in the Junker community of Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows northeast through the northern suburbs of Charlotte to eventually join Mallard Creek.[2] Toby Creek runs through the campus of UNC Charlotte on its ways to Mallard Creek.