Peek 's Creek Peek 's Creek is a stream located in Macon County , North Carolina . It is a tributary of the Cullasaja River , into which it flows a few miles or kilometers upstream of Franklin . In September 2004 , it had a catastrophic flood and mudslide , after massive rains left over from Hurricane Ivan struck the same area soaked by former Hurricane Frances a week before . The slide started on Fishhawk Mountain ( also called Big Fish Hawk Mountain ) , where it continued into the creek . The slide and the water dammed up behind a bridge , then broke through , making the creek about 50 yards or meters wide instead of the normal two or three . The mass of trees , boulders , and mud forced at least fifteen houses off their foundations , one man riding his home about 500 feet or 150 meters downstream . Another home was pierced by a tree from end to end , the picture appearing in a local newspaper . The area of the slide is about two miles or three kilometers long , with much of the mud and some of the smaller debris continuing into and down the Cullasaja . The unincorporated community of Peek 's Creek was devastated by the historic event , with at least six people killed , and possibly two still missing as of late on September 24 , more than a week after the storm . Categories : Macon County , North Carolina 