Irish Buffalo Creek
| Irish Buffalo Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Cabarrus Rowan |
| City | Concord |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Kerr Creek divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles west of Five Points, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°33′03″N 080°40′46″W / 35.55083°N 80.67944°W |
| • elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
| Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Flows Store, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°20′19″N 080°32′18″W / 35.33861°N 80.53833°W |
• elevation | 498 ft (152 m) |
| Length | 21.89 mi (35.23 km) |
| Basin size | 110.35 square miles (285.8 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Rocky River |
| • average | 118.06 cu ft/s (3.343 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Cold Water Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Kannapolis Lake |
| Bridges | Saw Road, Cannon Farm Road, Enochville Road, W C Street, Pine Street, Mooresville Road, Rogers Lake Road, Orphanage Road, I-85, NC 73, US 29-NC 73, McGill Avenue, Cabarrus Avenue, Rutherford Street, Wilshire Avenue, US 601, NC 49, Zion Church Road, Flowes Store Road |
Irish Buffalo Creek is a 21.89 mi (35.23 km) long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.