title: Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
text: # Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
  
  Rockfish Creek is a 47.40 mi (76.28 km) long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Rockfish Creek rises about 2 miles northeast of Aberdeen, North Carolina in Moore County. The creek then flows southeast to Hoke County and Fort Bragg and then east into Cumberland County to join the Cape Fear River about 3 miles southeast of Fayetteville.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Rockfish Creek drains 309.41 square miles (801.4 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 495.45 and is about 30% forested.
  
  