title: Long Branch (Elkin Creek tributary)
text: # Long Branch (Elkin Creek tributary)
  
  Long Branch is a 3.37 mi (5.42 km) long 1st order tributary to Elkin Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Long Branch rises in Benham, North Carolina and then flows southeasterly to join Elkin Creek at about 0.5 miles north of Pleasant Hill, North Carolina.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Long Branch drains 2.18 square miles (5.6 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 50.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 348.51, and is about 42% forested.
  
  