title: Brooks Creek (Haw River tributary)
text: # Brooks Creek (Haw River tributary)
  
  Brooks Creek is a 6.79 mi (10.93 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Brooks Creek rises about 1.5 miles north of Gum Springs, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows east to the Haw River across from Bynum.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Brooks Creek drains 9.90 square miles (25.6 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.4 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 424.50 and is about 74% forested.
  
  