title: Little Meadow Creek (Rocky River tributary)
text: # Little Meadow Creek (Rocky River tributary)
  
  Little Meadow Creek is a 6.32 mi (10.17 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Little Meadow Creek rises in Smiths Lake, about 1.5 miles south of Barrier Mills, North Carolina, and then flows southwest to join the Rocky River about 2.5 miles west of Locust.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Little Meadow Creek drains 5.23 square miles (13.5 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 441.93, and is about 49% forested.
  
  