Brasstown Creek

Stream in Georgia and North Carolina, United States

34°52′35″N 083°48′50″W / 34.87639°N 83.81389°W / 34.87639; -83.81389^[1] • elevation3,780 ft (1,150 m)^[2] MouthHiwassee River

• location

Brasstown, North Carolina^[2]

• coordinates

35°02′53″N 083°57′52″W / 35.04806°N 83.96444°W / 35.04806; -83.96444^[1]

• elevation

1,600 ft (490 m)^[2]Length21.41 mi (34.46 km)^[3]Basin size83.66 square miles (216.7 km²)^[4]Discharge • locationHiwassee River • average189.43 cu ft/s (5.364 m³/s) at mouth with Hiwassee River^[4] Basin featuresProgressionHiawassee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemHiwassee RiverTributaries • leftBitter Creek
Byers Creek
Crane Creek
Winchester Creek
Gumlog Creek
Pinelog Creek
Payne Branch
Will Mason Branch
Little Brasstown Creek
Donaldson Branch • rightLeft Prong
Yewell Branch
Corn Creek
Keys Branch
Emerson Branch
Crooked Creek
Crawford Creek
Beach Creek
Trout Cove Branch
Greasy Creek
Buchanan Branch
Jenkins Branch

Brasstown Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Georgia and North Carolina.^[5] The 8.5-mile (13.7 km) long stream is a tributary to the Hiwassee River.^[6]

Brasstown Creek took its name from the now-extinct Indian village of Brasstown.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "GNIS Detail - Brasstown Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Brasstown Creek Topo Map, Clay County NC (Peachtree Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Brasstown Creek Watershed Report". Water Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brasstown Creek
^ United States Environmental Protection Agency-Watershed Protection Partnership Pays Off for Brasstown Creek
^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.