View source for Little Buffalo Creek (Dutch Buffalo Creek tributary)

{{Short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}
{{Infobox river
| name                = Little Buffalo Creek
| name_native         =
| name_native_lang    =
| name_other          = Tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek
| name_etymology      =
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| map_size            = 300
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| pushpin_map         = USA North Carolina#USA
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Little Buffalo Creek mouth
| pushpin_map_alt     = Map of Little Buffalo Creek mouth location
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| subdivision_type1   = Country
| subdivision_name1   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type2   = State
| subdivision_name2   = [[North Carolina]]
| subdivision_type3   = County
| subdivision_name3   = [[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]]<br />[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]]
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| length              = {{convert|8.74|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=14 November 2020}}</ref>
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| discharge1_location = [[Dutch Buffalo Creek]]
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| discharge1_avg      = {{convert|20.02|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with [[Dutch Buffalo Creek]]<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=Little Buffalo Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=9202197 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=14 November 2020}}</ref>
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| source1             = Reedy Creek divide
| source1_location    = pond about 0.5 miles northwest of [[Gold Hill, North Carolina]]<ref name="STopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/35.5313/-80.3414 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=14 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|35|31|38|N|080|21|20|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Little Buffalo Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1024090,Little%20Buffalo%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=14 November 2020}}</ref>
| source1_elevation   = {{convert|745|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="STopoview"/>
| mouth               = [[Dutch Buffalo Creek]]
| mouth_location      = about 1.5 miles northeast of [[Mount Pleasant, North Carolina]]<ref name="MTopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/35.4227/-80.4047 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=14 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| mouth_coordinates   = {{coord|35|25|15|N|080|24|22|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/>
| mouth_elevation     = {{convert|524|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="MTopoview"/>
| progression         = [[Dutch Buffalo Creek]] → [[Rocky River (North Carolina)|Rocky River]] → [[Pee Dee River]] → [[Winyah Bay]] → [[Atlantic Ocean]]
| river_system        = [[Pee Dee River]]
| basin_size          = {{convert|17.04|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/>
| basin_population    =
| tributaries_left    = Butcher Branch
| tributaries_right   = unnamed tributaries
| waterbodies         =
| bridges             = Old Beatty Ford Road, Old Mine Road, Kluttz Road, Sansbury Road, Drye Road, NC 49
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'''Little Buffalo Creek''' is a {{convert|8.74|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 3rd order tributary to [[Dutch Buffalo Creek]] in [[Cabarrus County, North Carolina]].
==Course==
Little Buffalo Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northwest of [[Gold Hill, North Carolina]] in [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]],<ref name="STopoview"/> and then flows southwest into [[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus County]] to join Dutch Buffalo Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of [[Mount Pleasant, North Carolina|Mount Pleasant]].<ref name="MTopoview"/>
==Watershed==
Little Buffalo Creek drains {{convert|17.04|sqmi}} of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 390.20, and is about 50% forested.<ref name="watershed"/>
==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of North Carolina]]
[[Category:Rivers of Cabarrus County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Rivers of Rowan County, North Carolina]]
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