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1 <br />2 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />Attachment 6.4.5 <br />Another watershed within the Neuse basin in northeastern Orange County is <br />the Little River Watershed. The Little River features a North Fork and South <br />Fork in Orange County, before the two merge downstream in Durham <br />County. Finally in the Neuse, the headwaters of the Flat River are located in <br />far northeastern Orange County. Both the Little River and Flat River continue <br />east into Durham County into reservoirs before joining the Eno in Falls Lake. <br />These are also water supply watersheds for Durham County. <br />Southern and western Orange County lies within the Cape Fear River Basin. <br />The Cape Fear River begins a few mileset~re~ges south of €~nrjordan Lake, <br />southeast of Orange County, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean south of <br />Wilmington, but its headwaters lie far to the west, north of Greensboro. In <br />this region, the Haw River and other streams feed Jordan Lake, a large <br />reservoir located southeast of the County line -and thence the Cape Fear. <br />Many of tThese streams flow west/southwest into the Haw River or south <br />and east into New Hope Creek/River- -the collector stream for the portion <br />of the Cape Fear basin in Orange County. The Haw itself is the southwestern <br />boundary of Orange County, and also has the distinction of being the only <br />river or stream that touches Orange County from an upstream source. Within <br />the Cape Fear Basin in Orange County are several~rta~rq watersheds that drain <br />to the Haw: Back Creek and Haw Creek to the northwest and west, and Cane <br />Creek and Collins Creek to the southwest. In the southeastern part of the <br />County, ~-Morgan Creek flows into .Jordan Lake, and New Hope Creek <br />and its tributaries flow east and south to briefly become the New Hope River <br />just before entering Jordan Lake ~a~he-~••~re~=r- W~lfater supply <br />impoundments within the Cape Fear in Oranaeti1113-County include Cane <br />Creek Reservoir and University Lake. Portions of western Orange County in <br />the Cape Fear basin drain west into Quaker Creek Reservoir northeast of <br />Mebane. <br />Finally, a small portion of northwestern Orange County is part of the <br />Roanoke River Basin, and the two streams in this area - North Hyco Creek <br />and South Hyco Creek, drain north into Caswell County and the Dan River. <br />The Dan straddles the North Carolina-Virginia border and eventually <br />becomes the Roanoke River, flowing east to Albemarle Sound. <br />In all, there are 1 5 different watersheds in Orange County within these three <br />river basins. (See Map 6-9). <br />51 <br />