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Place Description
Dry Fork Branch

rises in S Lee County and flows SW into Moore County, where it joins Crains Creek in forming Whiteoak Creek.

Dry Gap Ridge

N Haywood County parallel to Skiffley Creek.

Dry Hill

community in E Henderson County W of Dana. Named for fact that a local well ran dry.

Dry Lake

NE Surry County. Formed in 1937 by the construction of a dam across a dry hollow into which a small unnamed stream was diverted. Covers approx. 8 acres; max. depth 15 ft. Municipal water supply for Mount Airy.

Dry Mountain

peak on Newfound Mountain on the Buncombe-Haywood county line S of Haywood Gap.

Dry Pocosin

a muck-filled pocosin in E Duplin County.

Dry Pond

See Denver.

Dry Pond Gap

S Watauga County between the heads of Storey Creek, Buffalo Creek, and Joe Creek.

Dry Pond Ridge

W Madison County between Mountain Island Branch and Raccoon Branch.

Dry Sand Shoal

See Vera Cruz Shoal.