Mears Fork is a 7.77 mi (12.50 km) long third order tributary to the Haw River, in Guilford County, North Carolina.

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Mears Fork Tributary to Haw River
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Guilford
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Mears Fork, Haw River, and Reedy Fork
• location	Summerfield, North Carolina
• coordinates	36°12′32″N 079°53′57″W[1]
• elevation	878 ft (268 m)[2]
Mouth	Haw River
• location	about 2 miles south of Midway, North Carolina
• coordinates	36°14′51″N 079°47′04″W[1]
• elevation	699 ft (213 m)[2]
Length	7.77 mi (12.50 km)[3]
Basin size	12.59 square miles (32.6 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Haw River
• average	14.63 cu ft/s (0.414 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River[4]
Basin features
Progression	Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Haw River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Strawberry Road, Lake Brandt Road, Cedar Ridge Farm Road

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According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Mears Fork Creek

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.^[2]

Mears Fork drains 12.59 square miles (32.6 km²) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 409.05 and is about 50% forested.^[4]

The Natural Areas Inventory Guilford County, North Carolina and a later addition in 1995^[5] recognized nine locations of natural significance in the Mears Fork watershed. These sites include:

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

• List of rivers of North Carolina