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Hasketts Creek
Map of Hasketts Creek mouth location
Map of Hasketts Creek mouth location
Map of Hasketts Creek mouth location
Map of Hasketts Creek mouth location
Location of Hasketts Creek mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to Deep River
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Randolph
Physical characteristics
Main source Cedar Fork Creek divide
Asheboro, North Carolina
805 ft (245 m)
35°42′25″N 079°49′11″W / 35.70694°N 79.81972°W / 35.70694; -79.81972
River mouth Deep River
about 0.25 miles north of Central Falls, North Carolina
565 ft (172 m)
35°46′05″N 079°46′29″W / 35.76806°N 79.77472°W / 35.76806; -79.77472
Length 7.25 mi (11.67 km)
Basin features
Progression north-northeast
River system Deep River
Basin size 14.20 square miles (36.8 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    unnamed tributaries
  • Right:
    Penwood Branch
Bridges W Salisbury Street, W Presnell Street, Little Gate Drive, US 220 (Vision Drive), W Bailey Street, W Balfour Avenue, W Central Avenue, Greenvale Road, Fayetteville Street, Hub Morris Road, Wow Road

Hasketts Creek is a 7.25 mi (11.67 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Randolph County, North Carolina. Hasketts Creek is the only stream of this name in the United States. Hasketts Creek is listed as non-supporting and as having an impaired biological community.

Course

Hasketts Creek rises in Asheboro in Randolph County, North Carolina and then flows north-northeast to join the Deep River about 0.25 miles north of Central Falls, North Carolina.

Watershed

Hasketts Creek drains 14.20 square miles (36.8 km2) of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 393.36 and is about 32% forested.

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