Frenchs Creek

Stream in North Carolina, USA

34°36′31″N 077°17′50″W / 34.60861°N 77.29722°W / 34.60861; -77.29722^[1] • elevation35 ft (11 m)^[2] MouthNew River

• location

Camp LeJeune

• coordinates

34°38′21″N 077°20′22″W / 34.63917°N 77.33944°W / 34.63917; -77.33944^[1]

• elevation

0 ft (0 m)^[2]Length4.79 mi (7.71 km)^[3]Basin size12.29 square miles (31.8 km²)^[4]Discharge • locationNew River • average18.16 cu ft/s (0.514 m³/s) at mouth with New River^[4] Basin featuresProgressionFrenchs → New → Atlantic OceanRiver systemWhite Oak RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightJumping RunBridgesMarines Road

Frenchs Creek is a stream in Onslow County, North Carolina, in the United States.^[5]

The name Frenchs Creek most likely honors Alexander Nicola, a French pioneer who settled there.^[6]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

Farnell Bay
French Creek
Frenches Creek
Frenchmans Creek

Course

Frenchs Creek rises within Camp LeJeune in Onslow County and then flows northwest to join the New River also within Camp LeJeune.^[2]

Watershed

Frenchs Creek drains 12.29 square miles (31.8 km²) of area, receives about 55.6 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 547.71 and is about 11% forested.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GNIS Detail - Frenchs Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frenchs Creek Topo Map in Onslow". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frenchs Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frenchs Creek
^ Proffitt, Martie (Apr 17, 1983). "Local history offers tasty tidbits". Star-News. pp. 8C. Retrieved 1 November 2015.