| Hewletts Creek
Tributary to Intracoastal Waterway
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  Location of Hewletts Creek mouth  Hewletts Creek (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | New Hanover County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cape Fear River divide |
| • location | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 34°10′56″N 077°53′52″W / 34.18222°N 77.89778°W / 34.18222; -77.89778[1] |
| • elevation | 32 ft (9.8 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Intracoastal Waterway |
• location | Masonboro, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°10′53″N 077°50′07″W / 34.18139°N 77.83528°W / 34.18139; -77.83528[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.69 mi (7.55 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 11.09 square miles (28.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Intracoastal Waterway |
| • average | 18.37 cu ft/s (0.520 m3/s) at mouth with Intracoastal Waterway[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | east and southeast |
| River system | Atlantic Ocean |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Robert E. Lee Drive, NC 132, Holly Tree Road, Cascade Road, Pine Grove Drive |
Hewletts Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States.[5] It is the only stream of its name in the United States.
Hewletts Creek was named for a family of settlers.[6]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
Hewletts Creek rises on the Cape Fear River divide in Pine Valley Country Club of Wilmington, North Carolina and then flows east and southeast to the Intracoastal WaterwayinMasonboro, North Carolina.[2]
Hewletts Creek drains 11.08 square miles (28.7 km2) of area, receives about 57.9 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 586.63 and is about 11% forested.[4]
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