Stream in North Carolina, USA
South Fork Catawba RiverTributary to Catawba River
Location of South Fork Catawba River mouth
Show map of North Carolina South Fork Catawba River (the United States)
Show map of the United States Country United States State North Carolina County Catawba Gaston Lincoln City Lincolnton McAdenville Cramerton Belmont Source confluence of Henry Fork and Jacob Fork • location about 2 miles west of Startown, North Carolina • coordinates 35°38′09″N 081°18′29″W / 35.63583°N 81.30806°W / 35.63583; -81.30806 [ 1] • elevation 798 ft (243 m)[ 2]
Mouth Catawba River • location
Lake Wylie • coordinates
35°08′59″N 081°01′58″W / 35.14972°N 81.03278°W / 35.14972; -81.03278 [ 1] • elevation
569 ft (173 m)[ 2] Length 54.96 mi (88.45 km)[ 3] Basin size 660.78 square miles (1,711.4 km2 )[ 4] Discharge • location Catawba River (Lake Wylie ) • average 843.05 cu ft/s (23.873 m3 /s) at mouth with Catawba River[ 4]
Progression southeast River system Catawba River Tributaries • left Henry Fork Clark Creek Muddy Creek Lithia Branch Hoyle Creek • right Jacob Fork Pott Creek Howards Creek Indian Creek Beaverdam Creek Sulphur Branch Rattle Shoal Creek Coley Creek Long Creek DuHarts CreekWaterbodies Lake Wylie Bridges NC 10, Blackburn Bridge Road, Reepsville Road, S Grove Street, US 321, Laboratory Road, South Fork Road, Long Shoals Road, US 321, S Lincoln Street, Hardin Road, Philadelphia Church Road, Dallas Stanley Highway, Stanley-Spencer Mountain Road, I-85, Hickory Grove Road, US 74, North Main Street, Armstrong Ford Road, Armstrong Road
The South Fork Catawba River (better known as the South Fork River )[ 5] begins south of Hickory, North Carolina just northwest of the intersection of US Highway 321 and North Carolina Highway 10 , at the confluence of the Henry Fork and Jacob Fork located adjacent to the east side of the Jacob Fork Newton City Park. The South Fork Catawba River travels 48.5 miles, passing along the communities of Lincolnton , High Shoals , McAdenville , and Cramerton , to Lake Wylie where its now submerged confluence with the Catawba River lies near the North Carolina and South Carolina border.
Signage on roadways crossing the river acknowledge it as the "South Fork River".
The river is part of the Santee River Watershed.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System , it has also been known historically as:[ 1]
Little Catawba River
South Fork
South Fork River
South Fork of the Catawbaw River
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