Shaddox Creek

Shaddox Creek is a 3.83-mile-long (6.16 km) 3rd order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina. Shaddox Creek is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Shaddox Creek Tributary to Haw River
Location of Shaddox Creek mouth Show map of North Carolina Shaddox Creek (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Chatham
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Shaddox Creek and Buckhorn Creek
• location	pond about 1 mile northeast of Merry Oaks, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°39′07″N 078°59′32″W[1]
• elevation	295 ft (90 m)[2]
Mouth	Haw River
• location	about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°35′57″N 079°02′59″W[1]
• elevation	164 ft (50 m)[1]
Length	3.83 mi (6.16 km)[3]
Basin size	15.21 square miles (39.4 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Haw River
• average	17.72 cu ft/s (0.502 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River[4]
Basin features
Progression	Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Haw River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Jordan Estates Lane, New Elam Church Road, US 1, Old US 1, Corinth Road

Course

Shaddox Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile northeast of Merry Oaks, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows west then south to the Haw River about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina.^[2] Shaddox Creek is the last tributary to the Haw River before it joins the Deep River to form the Cape Fear River.

Watershed

Shaddox Creek drains 45.98 square miles (119.1 km²) of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, and has a topographic wetness index of 451.04 and is about 68% forested.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of North Carolina