New Hope Creek

{{short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = New Hope Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Tributary to New Hope River | name_etymology =  | image = New Hope Creek in January 2024.jpg | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA North Carolina#USA | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of New Hope Creek mouth  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[United States]] | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = [[North Carolina]] | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham]] [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]] [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]] | subdivision_type4 = City | subdivision_name4 = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]] | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|33.10|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{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=9 October 2019}}</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location = New Hope River | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|205.53|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with New Hope River<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=New Hope Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=8894356 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=9 October 2019}}</ref> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = pond on the divide between New Hope Creek and [[Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, left bank)|Cane Creek]] | source1_location = about 3 miles northeast of Orange Grove, North Carolina | source1_coordinates = {{coord|36|01|26|N|079|09|37|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - New Hope Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:991037,New%20Hope%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=9 October 2019}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|718|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="NHTopozone">{{cite web |title=New Hope Creek Topo Map, Chatham County NC (Green Level Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/chatham-nc/stream/new-hope-creek-6/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=9 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | mouth = [[New Hope River (Haw River tributary)|New Hope River]] | mouth_location = [[B. Everett Jordan Lake]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|35|48|37|N|078|59|48|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|216|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="NHTopozone"/> | progression = southeast then south | river_system = [[Haw River]] | basin_size = {{convert|168.80|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/> | basin_population = | tributaries_left = Steep Bottom Branch Pine Mountain Creek Mud Creek Sandy Creek Third Fork Creek Crooked Creek Northeast Creek | tributaries_right = Long Branch Garrett Branch Mountain Creek Old Field Creek Church Branch Little Creek | waterbodies = | bridges = Kimbro Road, Silver Apple Road, Boulder Run Road, Borland Road, Arthur Minnis Road (x2), Old Chapel Hill-Hillsborough Road, Walnut Cove Road, Foxlair Road, New Hope Church Road, I-40, NC 86, Mt. Sinai Road, Turkey Farm Road, Erwin Road, US 15, Old Chapel Hill Road, Nelson Chapel Hill Road (NC 54), I-40, Stagecoach Road | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''New Hope Creek''' is a watercourse that rises in rural [[Orange County, North Carolina]], in the [[United States]]. It drains the western portion of Orange County and the southern half of [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]] and flows into the northern end of [[Jordan Lake]] reservoir. The drainage area encompasses urban, suburban and rural lands. Formerly the [[New Hope River (Haw River tributary)|New Hope River]], it was a tributary of the [[Cape Fear River]] until it was dammed to create Jordan Lake. Construction of the lake began in 1973, after a comprehensive study of regional water management by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], motivated by major flooding in a 1945 hurricane. Several communities draw drinking water from Jordan Lake, increasing interest in protection of the New Hope Creek watershed.

Since the late 1980s, local [[environmentalism|environmentalists]] have tried to protect a 20-mile corridor along New Hope Creek for conservation and recreational use. A comprehensive plan for the corridor was approved in 1992 by the City of [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]], [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]] and the town of [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]]. Since that time, approximately $3 million has been spent on land acquisition in the corridor and several miles of public trails have been constructed. Publicly accessible trails along New Hope Creek exist within [[Duke Forest]] and the [[Triangle Land Conservancy|Triangle Land Conservancy's]] Johnston Mill Nature Preserve [[File:New Hope Creek in Duke Forest.png|thumb|New Hope Creek in Duke Forest]] ==Ecology== The creek is home to many species of fish, including but not limited to: [[Largemouth bass]], [[bluegill]], [[green sunfish]], [[golden shiner]], [[black crappie]], [[white perch]], [[bowfin]], [[Ictalurus catus|white catfish]], [[brown bullhead]], [[flat bullhead]], [[channel catfish]], [[threadfin shad]] and [[notchlip redhorse]].

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==External links== {{commons category|New Hope Creek}} * [http://www.newhopecreek.org New Hope Creek Corridor Advisory Committee]

[[Category:Rivers of North Carolina]] [[Category:Rivers of Orange County, North Carolina]] [[Category:Rivers of Durham County, North Carolina]]