Beaverdam Creek
This tributary drains the lower Soque and is representative of
a Piedmont drainage. Sand and silt are common throughout this
sub-basin.
The creek
forms the boundary between Clarkesville Elementary School’s soccer
fields and the Habersham Electric Membership Cooperative (HEMC)
facility. Highway 115 to Cleveland crosses Beaverdam at this
location.
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Deep Creek
Deep Creek is the largest tributary north of Clarkesville.
The headwaters
of Deep Creek begin at the Orchard Golf community off of New
Liberty Road. The
river flows in a westerly direction and joins the Soque River just
above the Clarkesville Water Treatment Plant.
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Hazel Creek
This
lower Soque tributary drains the southeastern portion of Habersham
County. It is the largest sub-basin and tributary to the Soque
and drains a vast area between Highway 17, Dicks Hill Parkway,
Highway 105 and Business 441. The Hazel Creek sub-basin is the
most populated portion of the Soque Watershed and drains all of
Demorest, a portion of Cornelia and half of
Mount
Airy.
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Headwaters
The headwaters of the Soque occur north of Batesville general
store.
The headwaters include the area drained by Tray Mountain and
Goshen Valley and are made up of Baker's Branch, Wolfpen Branch,
and the Left and Right Forks of the Soque. The official beginning
of the Soque River is formed when the right and left forks
converge just above Highway 197.
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Raper Creek
Raper
Creek is an upper Soque tributary that drains the northeastern
portion of the Soque Watershed. A portion of this tributary flows
through the
Chattahoochee
National Forest. Chastain Branch and Moates Branch feed Raper.
It joins with Oakey/Goldmine Creek to enter the Soque along
Highway 197.
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Shoal Creek
Shoal
Creek is an upper Soque tributary that drains high ridgelines
within the Chattahoochee National Forest. Nerve Branch runs along
Oakey Mountain Road, while Alley Creek enters Shoal Creek near
New Liberty Road.
Shoal Creek joins the main stem of the Soque just above where
Shoal Creek Road meets Highway 197. Shoal Creek Road is one of
the most scenic in Habersham County.
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Yellowbank Creek
The Yellowbank
Creek sub-basin is in the lower, western part of the Soque
watershed. The creek parallels Fred Pitts Road and merges with
the river below where the creek crosses Highway 115 and upstream
of where the Soque crosses Highway 105.
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