Hares Branch

{{Short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Hares Branch

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| name_other = Tributary to Worrell Mill Swamp

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| pushpin_map = USA North Carolina#USA

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Hares Branch mouth

| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Hares Branch mouth location

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = North Carolina

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Hertford

| subdivision_type4 = Town

| subdivision_name4 = Murfreesboro

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| length = {{convert|2.85|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |access-date=19 May 2021}}

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| discharge1_location = Worrell Millpond

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|4.66|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Worrell Millpond{{cite web |title=Hares Branch Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=8746197 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=19 May 2021}}

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| source1 = Panther Swamp divide

| source1_location = about 0.5 miles south of Murfreesboro, North Carolina

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|36|25|32|N|077|06|55|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Hares Branch |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:986404,Hares%20Branch |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=19 May 2021}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|88|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.4223/-77.1167 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}

| mouth = Worrell Millpond

| mouth_location = Murfreesboro, North Carolina

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36|26|10|N|077|05|15|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|22|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.4327/-77.0923 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}

| progression = generally northeast

| river_system = Chowan River

| basin_size = {{convert|3.49|sqmi}}

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| tributaries_left = College Branch

| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries

| waterbodies = Worrell Millpond

| bridges = US 158 (x3), Chowan College Road, NC 11

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Hares Branch is a {{convert|2.85|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 2nd order tributary to the Worrell Mill Swamp via Worrell Millpond in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.