Cranes Branch (Brown Creek tributary)

Stream in North Carolina, USA

Cranes Branch

Tributary to Brown Creek

Location of Cranes Branch mouth

Location
Country| United States
State| North Carolina
County| Anson
Physical characteristics
Source| divide between Cranes Branch and Lanes Creek
• location| about 1.5 miles north of Polkton, North Carolina
• coordinates| 35°01′15″N 080°11′46″W﻿ / ﻿35.02083°N 80.19611°W﻿ / 35.02083; -80.19611[1]
• elevation| 415 ft (126 m)[2]
Mouth| Brown Creek

• location

| about 3 miles northeast of Polkton, North Carolina

• coordinates

| 35°02′02″N 080°08′58″W﻿ / ﻿35.03389°N 80.14944°W﻿ / 35.03389; -80.14944[1]

• elevation

| 223 ft (68 m)[1]
Length| 3.35 mi (5.39 km)[3]
Basin size| 2.61 square miles (6.8 km2)[4]
Discharge|
• location| Brown Creek
• average| 3.07 cu ft/s (0.087 m3/s) at mouth with Brown Creek[4]
Basin features
Progression| east
River system| Pee Dee River
Tributaries|
• left| unnamed tributaries
• right| unnamed tributaries
Bridges| Ansonville-Polkton Road, Cameron-Briley Road

Cranes Branch is a tributary of Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina that rises north of Polkton, North Carolina and then flows east to meet Brown Creek about 3 miles northeast of Polkton. The watershed is about 58% forested, 36% agricultural and the rest is of other land uses.[4]

## See also

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* List of North Carolina rivers

## References

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1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Cranes Branch". 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 "Cranes Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

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