Toms Creek (Uwharrie River tributary)
# Toms Creek (Uwharrie River tributary)

Toms Creek is a 12.51 mi (20.13 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Uwharrie River in Randolph County, North Carolina.

## Variant names

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

* Mill Creek
* Tom Creek

## Course

Toms Creek rises in a pond on the Cabin Creek divide in Davidson County, about 1.5 miles southeast of Denton, North Carolina. Toms Creek then flows northeast into Randolph County and makes a turn to the southeast to join the Uwharrie River about 2 miles southeast of Farmer, North Carolina.

## Watershed

Toms Creek drains 17.77 square miles (46.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 46.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 392.78 and is about 59% forested.

