Toby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary)
Toby Creek is a 4.15 mi (6.68 km) long 1st order tributary to Mallard Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
| Toby Creek Tributary to Mallard Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Toby Creek mouth  Toby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Mecklenburg |
| City | Charlotte |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sugar Creek divide |
| • location | Junker Community in Charlotte, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°16′12″N 080°45′51″W[1] |
| • elevation | 742 ft (226 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Mallard Creek |
• location | northside of Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°19′05″N 080°44′10″W[1] |
• elevation | 590 ft (180 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.15 mi (6.68 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 5.12 square miles (13.3 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mallard Creek |
| • average | 5.98 cu ft/s (0.169 m3/s) at mouth with Mallard Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mallard Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Autumnwood Lane, W Rocky River Road, Chancellor Park Drive, NC 24, Alumni Way |
Course
Toby Creek rises in the Junker community of Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows northeast through the northern suburbs of Charlotte to eventually join Mallard Creek.[2] Toby Creek runs through the campus of UNC-Charlotte on its ways to Mallard Creek.
Watershed
Toby Creek drains 5.12 square miles (13.3 km2) of area, receives about 46.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 416.62, and is about 14% forested.[4]
References
- "GNIS Detail – Toby Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- "Toby Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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