title: Doby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary)
text: # Doby Creek (Mallard Creek tributary)
  
  Doby Creek is a 4.23 mi (6.81 km) long 2nd order tributary to Mallard Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Doby Creek rises in the Derita community of Charlotte, North Carolina and then flows generally northeast through the northern suburbs of Charlotte to eventually join Mallard Creek.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Doby Creek drains 3.10 square miles (8.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 46.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 433.22, and is about 18% forested.
  
  