Pine Creek (Sandy Creek tributary)
Appearance
Pine Creek Tributary to Sandy Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Gunther Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Keeling, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°43′45″N 079°16′20″W / 36.72917°N 79.27222°W[1] |
• elevation | 640 ft (200 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 2 miles east of Dodson Corners, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°45′55″N 079°14′40″W / 36.76528°N 79.24444°W[1] |
• elevation | 487 ft (148 m)[3] |
Length | 2.73 mi (4.39 km)[4] |
Basin size | 3.05 square miles (7.9 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sandy Creek |
• average | 4.05 cu ft/s (0.115 m3/s) at mouth with Sandy Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sandy Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Dodson Road |
Pine Creek is a 2.73 mi (4.39 km) long 2nd order tributary to Sandy Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Course
[edit]Pine Creek rises about 1 mile east of Dodson Corners, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows north-northeast to join Sandy Creek about 1 mile northeast of Keeling.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Pine Creek drains 3.05 square miles (7.9 km2) of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 376.86, and is about 52% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Pine Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pine Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2021.