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Lick Creek (Brown Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 34°57′40″N 080°14′43″W / 34.96111°N 80.24528°W / 34.96111; -80.24528
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Lick Creek
Tributary to Brown Creek
Lick Creek (Brown Creek tributary) is located in North Carolina
Lick Creek (Brown Creek tributary)
Location of Lick Creek mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAnson
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Lick Creek and Shaw Creek
 • locationabout 0.5 miles southwest of Gordon Mountain
 • coordinates34°54′15″N 080°12′41″W / 34.90417°N 80.21139°W / 34.90417; -80.21139[1]
 • elevation410 ft (120 m)[2]
MouthBrown Creek
 • location
about 1 north of Mineral Springs, North Carolina
 • coordinates
34°57′40″N 080°14′43″W / 34.96111°N 80.24528°W / 34.96111; -80.24528[1]
 • elevation
269 ft (82 m)[1]
Length5.15 mi (8.29 km)[3]
Basin size7.25 square miles (18.8 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationBrown Creek
 • average8.25 cu ft/s (0.234 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressionsouth
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesWhite Store Road
Lowery Road

Lick Creek is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises southwest of Gordon Mountain and then flows north to meet Brown Creek near Mineral Springs, North Carolina. The watershed is about 67% forested, 30% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Lick Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Brown Creek Topo Map, Anson County NC (Ansonville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Lick Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.