Mears Fork

Mears Fork is a long third order tributary to the Haw River, in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Variant names

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

Mears Fork rises on the divide between Mears Fork, Haw River, and Reedy Fork at Summerfield in Guilford County. Mears Fork then flows northeast to meet the Haw River about 2 miles south of Midway, North Carolina.

Mears Fork drains of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 409.05 and is about 50% forested.

The Natural Areas Inventory Guilford County, North Carolina and a later addition in 1995 recognized nine locations of natural significance in the Mears Fork watershed. These sites include:

Witty Road Wetland --the location of semi-impermanent impoundment and alluvial forest.
Cummings Dairy Beaver Pond --the location of a shrub swamp from an old beaver pond.
Strader Road Beaver Pond --the location of a beaver pond.
Trailing Cedar Farm --the location of wetland and forested communities with rare species.
Burnt Oaks --the location of beaver pond wetlands and forested slopes.
Mears Fork at Lake Brandt Road --the location of a mature Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory Forest and Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest.
Cedar Hollow Alluvial Forest --the location of Piedmont Alluvial Forest.
Mear Fork at Church Street --the location of mature Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory Forest.
Church Street Ginseng Slope --the location of a mature Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest.