title: Big Branch (Lanes Creek tributary)
text: # Big Branch (Lanes Creek tributary)
  
  Big Branch is a 3.33 mi (5.36 km) long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Big Branch rises about 2 miles southeast of Fountain Hill, North Carolina. Big Branch then flows southeast to meet Lanes Creek about 2 miles north of Griffins Crossroads.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Big Branch drains 4.62 square miles (12.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 420.54 and is about 60% forested.
  
  