title: Eagle Swamp
text: # Eagle Swamp
  
  Eagle Swamp is a 7.38 mi (11.88 km) long 3rd order tributary to Contentnea Creek in Lenoir County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Eagle Swamp rises in Hugo, North Carolina and then flows southeast to join Contentnea Creek at Tick Bite.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Eagle Swamp drains 10.07 square miles (26.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 49.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 595.43, and is about 15% forested.
  
  