title: Gold Branch (Richardson Creek tributary)
text: # Gold Branch (Richardson Creek tributary)
  
  Gold Branch is a 3.19 mi (5.13 km) long 2nd order tributary to Richardson Creek in Union County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Gold Branch rises in a pond about 1.5 miles southwest of New Salem, North Carolina and then flows south to join Richardson Creek at the north end of Polk Mountain.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Gold Branch drains 4.66 square miles (12.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 420.59, and is about 36% forested.
  
  