title: Bush Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
text: # Bush Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
  
  Bush Creek is a 4.00 mi (6.44 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Lee County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Bush Creek rises about 4 miles northeast of Sanford, North Carolina and then flows northeasterly to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile southeast of Brickhaven, North Carolina.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Bush Creek drains 7.25 square miles (18.8 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 407.09 and is about 60% forested.
  
  