title: Richland Creek (Reedy Fork tributary)
text: # Richland Creek (Reedy Fork tributary)
  
  Richland Creek is a 5.29 mi (8.51 km) long 3rd order tributary to Reedy Fork in Guilford County, North Carolina.
  
  ## History
  
  Richland Creek was the scene of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781.
  
  ## Course
  
  Richland Creek rises on the Buffalo Creek divide at Jaycee Park in Greensboro in Guilford County. Richland Creek then flows north through Guilford Courthouse National Military Park and then turns northeast to Richland Lake. It drains into Lake Townsend, where it meets Reedy Fork.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Richland Creek drains 8.27 square miles (21.4 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 440.36 and is about 20% forested.
  
  