Cooks Creek (Fisher River tributary)

Cooks Creek is a 4.87 mi (7.84 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Fisher River in Surry County, North Carolina.

Cooks Creek Tributary to Fisher River
Location of Cooks Creek mouth Cooks Creek (Fisher River tributary) (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Surry
Physical characteristics
Source	Stewarts Creek divide
• location	pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Red Brush, North Carolina
• coordinates	36°28′51″N 080°42′10″W[1]
• elevation	1,310 ft (400 m)[2]
Mouth	Fisher River
• location	about 1 mile northeast of New Hope, North Carolina
• coordinates	36°25′21″N 080°41′41″W[1]
• elevation	1,005 ft (306 m)[2]
Length	4.87 mi (7.84 km)[3]
Basin size	8.17 square miles (21.2 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Fisher River
• average	11.99 cu ft/s (0.340 m^3/s) at mouth with Fisher River[4]
Basin features
Progression	south
River system	Yadkin River
Tributaries
• left	Jackson Creek
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	I-74, Saddle Estates Lane, Red Brush Road, Rosebush Trail, White Buffalo Road

Course

Cooks Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Red Brush, North Carolina. Cooks Creek then flows south to join the Fisher River about 1 mile north of New Hope, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

Cooks Creek drains 8.17 square miles (21.2 km²) of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 349.66, and is about 39% forested.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of North Carolina

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Cooks Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. "Cooks Creek Topo Map in Surry". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
4. "Cooks Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 23 September 2020.