Long Branch (Reedy Fork tributary)

Stream in North Carolina, USA

Long Branch

Tributary to Reedy Fork

Location of Long Branch mouth

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Long Branch (Reedy Fork tributary) (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States
State| North Carolina
County| Guilford
Physical characteristics
Source| divide between Long Branch and Mears Fork
• location| Hillsdale, North Carolina
• coordinates| 36°12′20″N 079°49′54″W﻿ / ﻿36.20556°N 79.83167°W﻿ / 36.20556; -79.83167[1]
• elevation| 830 ft (250 m)[2]
Mouth| Reedy Fork

• location

| Lake Townsend

• coordinates

| 36°10′36″N 079°47′40″W﻿ / ﻿36.17667°N 79.79444°W﻿ / 36.17667; -79.79444[1]

• elevation

| 717 ft (219 m)[2]
Length| 2.80 mi (4.51 km)[3]
Basin size| 4.30 square miles (11.1 km2)[4]
Discharge|
• location| Reedy Fork
• average| 5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Reedy Fork[4]
Basin features
Progression| Reedy Fork → Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River system| Haw River
Tributaries|
• left| unnamed tributaries
• right| unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies| Lake Townsend

Long Branch is a 2.80 mi (4.51 km) long 2nd order tributary to Reedy Fork in Guilford County, North Carolina.

## Course

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Long Branch rises on the Mears Fork divide at Hillsdale, North Carolina in Guilford County. Long Branch then flows southeast to meet Reedy Fork in Lake Townsend.[2]

## Watershed

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Long Branch drains 4.30 square miles (11.1 km2) of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 409.99 and is about 53% forested.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Long Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
2. ^ a b c "Horsepen Creek Topo Map, Guilford County NC (Lake Brandt Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
4. ^ a b c "Long Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

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