Hares Branch
# Hares Branch

Hares Branch is a 2.85 mi (4.59 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Worrell Mill Swamp via Worrell Millpond in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

## Course

Hares Branch rises on the Panther Swamp divide about 0.5 miles south of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, and then flows northeasterly to join Worrell Mill Swamp on the east side of Murfreesboro.

## Watershed

Hares Branch drains 3.49 square miles (9.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 48.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 515.21, and is about 23% forested.

