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Hewletts Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States.[5] It is the only stream of its name in the United States.

Hewletts Creek Tributary to Intracoastal Waterway
Location of Hewletts Creek mouth Show map of North Carolina Hewletts Creek (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	New Hanover County
Physical characteristics
Source	Cape Fear River divide
• location	Wilmington, North Carolina
• coordinates	34°10′56″N 077°53′52″W[1]
• elevation	32 ft (9.8 m)[2]
Mouth	Intracoastal Waterway
• location	Masonboro, North Carolina
• coordinates	34°10′53″N 077°50′07″W[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length	4.69 mi (7.55 km)[3]
Basin size	11.09 square miles (28.7 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Intracoastal Waterway
• average	18.37 cu ft/s (0.520 m3/s) at mouth with Intracoastal Waterway[4]
Basin features
Progression	east and southeast
River system	Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Robert E. Lee Drive, NC 132, Holly Tree Road, Cascade Road, Pine Grove Drive

Hewletts Creek was named for a family of settlers.[6]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

• Hewlet Creek
• Hewlets Creek

Course

Hewletts Creek rises on the Cape Fear River divide in Pine Valley Country Club of Wilmington, North Carolina and then flows east and southeast to the Intracoastal Waterway in Masonboro, North Carolina.[2]

Watershed

Hewletts Creek drains 11.08 square miles (28.7 km²) of area, receives about 57.9 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 586.63 and is about 11% forested.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of North Carolina

References

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