Tysons Creek
{{Short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Tysons Creek
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| name_other = Tributary to Deep River
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| map_size = 300
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| pushpin_map = USA North Carolina#USA
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Tysons Creek mouth
| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Tysons Creek mouth location
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = North Carolina
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = Moore
Chatham
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| length = {{convert|8.51|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 |accessdate=21 August 2020}}
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| discharge1_location = Deep River
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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|15.51|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Deep River{{cite web |title=Tysons Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=8875896 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=21 August 2020}}
| discharge1_max =
| source1 = Bear Creek divide
| source1_location = Pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads, North Carolina
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|35|34|29|N|079|27|17|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Tysons Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:996403,Tysons%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=21 August 2020}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|530|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=McLendons Creek Topo Map in Moore |url=https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/moore-nc/stream/mclendons-creek/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=21 August 2020 |language=en}}
| mouth = Deep River
| mouth_location = about 1 mile northwest of Glendon, North Carolina
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|35|29|35|N|079|26|46|W|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|228|ft|abbr=on}}
| progression = Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
| river_system = Deep River
| basin_size = {{convert|12.81|sqmi}}
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| tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries
| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries
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| bridges = Siler City-Glendon Road, Mert McManus Road, NC 42, Jesse Phillips Road, River Road
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Tysons Creek is a {{convert|4.18|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina. This is the only stream in the United States by this name.
Course
Tysons Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads in Chatham County and then flows south into Moore County to join the Deep River about 1 mile northwest of Glendon, North Carolina.
Watershed
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of North Carolina
Category:Rivers of Chatham County, North Carolina
Category:Rivers of Moore County, North Carolina
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