Hewletts Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hewletts Creek |
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| Other name(s) | Tributary to Intracoastal Waterway |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | New Hanover County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Cape Fear River divide Wilmington, North Carolina 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| River mouth | Intracoastal Waterway Masonboro, North Carolina 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 4.69 mi (7.55 km) |
| Discharge |
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| Basin features | |
| Progression | east and southeast |
| River system | Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin size | 11.09 square miles (28.7 km2) |
| Tributaries |
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| Bridges | Robert E. Lee Drive, NC 132, Holly Tree Road, Cascade Road, Pine Grove Drive |
Hewletts Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is the only stream of its name in the United States.
Hewletts Creek was named for a family of settlers.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
- Hewlet Creek
- Hewlets Creek
Course
Hewletts Creek rises on the Cape Fear River divide in Pine Valley Country Club of Wilmington, North Carolina and then flows east and southeast to the Intracoastal Waterway in Masonboro, North Carolina.
Watershed
Hewletts Creek drains 11.08 square miles (28.7 km2) of area, receives about 57.9 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 586.63 and is about 11% forested.
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