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The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) [5] blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear , from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carolina) in the town of Moncure, North Carolina .
Northeast Cape Fear River rises about 1 mile southeast of Mount Olive, North Carolina in Wayne County and about 10 mi (16 km) south of Goldsboro and then flows south to the Cape Fear River at Wilmington, North Carolina. [2] On its course it flows past Albertson, Hallsville, and Chinquapin.
Along with its tributaries, it forms an area called the Cape Fear watershed, which covers 9,300 miles. The river is divided into two areas: the Upper Cape Fear and the Lower Cape Fear. The Lower ...
Cape Fear River • average: 39.75 cu ft/s (1.126 m 3 /s) at mouth with Cape Fear River [4] Basin features; Progression: Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean: River system: Cape Fear River: Tributaries • left: unnamed tributaries • right: Little Cross Creek Blounts Creek: Waterbodies: Rose Lake: Bridges
North Carolina residents and emergency planners can now get real-time information and alerts about where river and ... map of the state, where the locations of 585 gauges populate the screen as ...
The record crest for the Cape Fear River remains the 1945 mark, which was 68.9 feet, according to available records. The river during Hurricane Matthew hit 58.9 feet. During Florence, it rose to ...
Cape Fear is a coastal plain and Tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington. [2] The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland , as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape.
Sol Rose, a Fayetteville businessman who died in 2007, saw potential in the Cape Fear River for recreation, investing in a bait-and-tackle shop and boat ramp at Campbellton Landing. This area now ...