Ellis Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
# Ellis Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)

Ellis Creek is an 11.76 mi (18.93 km)-long 2nd-order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina.

## Course

Ellis Creek rises in Suggs Mill Pond, one of the Carolina bays, about 5 miles west of Ammon, North Carolina in Bladen County. Ellis Creek then flows south-southeast to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile south of Yorick, North Carolina.

## Watershed

Ellis Creek drains 52.26 square miles (135.4 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 49 inches per year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 610.62, and is about 19% forested.

