Uwharrie River

The Uwharrie River (pronounced yoo-WAHR-ee) is a 61.84 mi (99.52 km) long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

Uwharrie River Tributary to Pee Dee River
The Coggins Low-water Bridge over the Uwharrie River.
Location of Uwharrie River mouth Show map of North Carolina Uwharrie River (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Montgomery Randolph
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Uwharrie River and Abbotts Creek
• location	pond in High Point, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°55′15″N 080°01′14″W[1]
• elevation	855 ft (261 m)[2]
Mouth	Pee Dee River
• location	across river from Morrow Mountain State Park
• coordinates	35°22′51″N 080°03′29″W[1]
• elevation	272 ft (83 m)[2]
Length	61.84 mi (99.52 km)[3]
Basin size	387.94 square miles (1,004.8 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Pee Dee River
• average	393.64 cu ft/s (11.147 m^3/s) at mouth with Pee Dee River[4]
Basin features
Progression	generally south
River system	Pee Dee
Tributaries
• left	Caraway Creek Betty McGees Creek Silver Run Creek Hannahs Creek Mill Creek Walkers Creek Lakes Creek Duncombe Creek Barnes Creek Spencer Creek Hall Branch Cedar Creek Dutchmans Creek
• right	Little Uwharrie River Jackson Creek Toms Creek Second Creek Twomile Creek Sand Branch Narrows Branch Crow Creek Horsepen Creek Moccasin Creek Gold Mine Branch
Bridges	Old Mendenhall Road, Sunset View Drive Ext., Mendenhall Road, Surrett Drive, NC 62, I-85, Meadowbrook Drive, Millers Mill Road, Kennedy Road, Thayer Road, Snyder Country Road, Covered Bridge Road, US 64, Jackson Creek Road, Old NC 49, NC 49, Waynick Meadow Road, High Pine Church Road, Burney Mill Road, Low Water Bridge Road, NC 109,

Course

The Uwharrie River rises in northwestern Randolph County, just south of the city of High Point, and flows generally southwardly into northwestern Montgomery County, through the low Uwharrie Mountains and the Uwharrie National Forest. It flows into the Pee Dee River 8 mi (13 km) east of the city of Albemarle as part of the Lake Tillery reservoir, across the Pee Dee from Morrow Mountain State Park. Above the mouth of the Uwharrie, the Pee Dee is known as the Yadkin River.

In its upper course, the Uwharrie collects a minor tributary named the Little Uwharrie River,[5] which flows for a short distance through northwestern Randolph County.

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on Uharie River as the river's name in 1895, and changed it to "Uwharrie River" in 1940. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Uwharrie River has also been known as:[6]

Huwaree River Uahra River Uaree River Uharie River Uhary River Uhwarri River Uoharee River Uwaree River

Uwarry River Uwharee River Uwherrie River Voharee River Wharee Creek Wharie River Wharre River

See also

• List of North Carolina rivers

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Uwharrie River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
2. "Uwharrie River Topo Map, Montgomery County NC (Badin Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
4. "Uwharrie River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Uwharrie River
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Uwharrie River

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
• DeLorme (2001). North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-277-3.

External links

• Pictures of the Uwharrie River