Great Coharie Creek (Black River tributary)

Great Coharie Creek is a 48.88 mi (78.66 km) long 5th order tributary to the Black River in Sampson County, North Carolina.

Great Coharie Creek Tributary to Black River
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Sampson
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Great Coharie Creek and Sevenmile Swamp
• location	about 1 mile north of Timothy, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°14′31″N 078°27′42″W[1]
• elevation	200 ft (61 m)[2]
Mouth	Black River
• location	about 3 miles southeast of Ingold, North Carolina
• coordinates	34°47′23″N 078°18′45″W[1]
• elevation	36 ft (11 m)[2]
Length	48.88 mi (78.66 km)[3]
Basin size	379.27 square miles (982.3 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Black River
• average	406.60 cu ft/s (11.514 m3/s) at mouth with Black River[4]
Basin features
Progression	generally south
River system	Black River
Tributaries
• left	Beaverdam Swamp Kill Swamp Ward Swamp Beaverdam Swamp Meetinghouse Branch Williams Old Mill Branch Rocky Marsh Creek Mill Creek
• right	Sevenmile Swamp Merkle Swamp Old Mill Swamp Marsh Swamp White Oak Swamp Turkey Branch Little Coharie Creek Bills Swamp Turtle Branch
Waterbodies	Warrens Pond
Bridges	Easy Street, Oak Grove Church Road, Old Crow Road, Warren Mill Road, US 13, McLamb Road, Rosin Hill Road, Roanoke Road, Keener Road, US 421, Five Bridge Road, Roseboro Highway (NC 24), Boykin Bridge Road, Ebenezer Forest Road, Wright Bridge Road, US 701, Lisbon Bridge Road

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Cohary Swamp

Course

Great Coharie Creek rises on the Sevenmile Creek divide in northern Sampson County and then flows south to form the Black River with Six Runs Creek (Six Run Creek) about 3 miles southeast of Ingold.^[2]

Watershed

Great Coharie Creek drains 379.27 square miles (982.3 km²) of area, receives about 49.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 571.73 and is about 14% forested.^[4]

See also

• List of North Carolina rivers