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Hammonds Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River
Location of Hammonds Creek mouth Hammonds Creek (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Bladen
Physical characteristics
Source	Whites Creek divide
• location	about 3 miles south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina
• coordinates	34°35′36″N 078°38′27″W
• elevation	112 ft (34 m)
Mouth	Cape Fear River
• location	about 0.25 miles south of Atkinson Landing on the Cape Fear River
• coordinates	34°34′23″N 078°23′37″W
• elevation	14 ft (4.3 m)
Length	11.05 mi (17.78 km)
Basin size	35.44 square miles (91.8 km2)
Discharge
• location	Cape Fear River
• average	39.27 cu ft/s (1.112 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River
Basin features
Progression	Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Cape Fear River
Tributaries
• left	Bog Branch Plum Branch Broad Branch
• right	Upton Creek Whites Creek
Bridges	Fontana Lane, Manor Ridge Drive, Mercer Mill Brown Marsh Road, Coley Road, Airport Road, NC 87

Hammonds Creek is a 11.05 mi (17.78 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:

• Hammond Creek

Course

Hammonds Creek rises on the Whites Creek divide about 3 miles south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Hammonds Creek then flows east to join the Cape Fear River about 0.25 miles south of Atkinson Landing.

Watershed

Hammonds Creek drains 35.44 square miles (91.8 km²) of area, receives about 49.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 514.36 and is about 31% forested.

See also

• List of rivers of North Carolina