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Pinch Gut Creek (Brown Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 35°00′58″N 080°09′03″W / 35.01611°N 80.15083°W / 35.01611; -80.15083
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Pinch Gut Creek
Tributary to Brown Creek
Pinch Gut Creek (Brown Creek tributary) is located in North Carolina
Pinch Gut Creek (Brown Creek tributary)
Location of Pinch Gut Creek mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAnson
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Pinch Gut Creek and Little Brown Creek
 • locationabout 5 miles southeast of Polkton, North Carolina
 • coordinates34°56′31″N 080°09′27″W / 34.94194°N 80.15750°W / 34.94194; -80.15750[1]
 • elevation380 ft (120 m)[2]
MouthBrown Creek
 • location
about 1.5 miles east of Polkton, North Carolina
 • coordinates
35°00′58″N 080°09′03″W / 35.01611°N 80.15083°W / 35.01611; -80.15083[1]
 • elevation
243 ft (74 m)[1]
Length5.57 mi (8.96 km)[3]
Basin size8.84 square miles (22.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationBrown Creek
 • average9.87 cu ft/s (0.279 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressionnorth
River systemPee Dee River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesRidge Path Road, US 74

Pinch Gut Creek is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises southeast of Polkton, North Carolina and then flows south to meet Brown Creek east of Polkton. The watershed is about 70% forested, 23% 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 - Pinch Gut 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 "Pinch Gut Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.