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Tompkins Branch

Coordinates: 36°45′14″N 079°28′54″W / 36.75389°N 79.48167°W / 36.75389; -79.48167
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Tompkins Branch
Tributary to Pudding Creek
Map of Tompkins Branch mouth location
Map of Tompkins Branch mouth location
Location of Tompkins Branch mouth
Map of Tompkins Branch mouth location
Map of Tompkins Branch mouth location
Tompkins Branch (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyPittsylvania
Physical characteristics
SourceMorris Branch divide
 • locationpond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia
 • coordinates36°45′00″N 079°30′20″W / 36.75000°N 79.50556°W / 36.75000; -79.50556[1]
 • elevation820 ft (250 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell, Virginia
 • coordinates
36°45′14″N 079°28′54″W / 36.75389°N 79.48167°W / 36.75389; -79.48167[1]
 • elevation
675 ft (206 m)[3]
Length1.61 mi (2.59 km)[4]
Basin size0.88 square miles (2.3 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationPudding Creek
 • average1.28 cu ft/s (0.036 m3/s) at mouth with Pudding Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionPudding CreekBanister RiverDan RiverRoanoke RiverAlbemarle SoundPamlico SoundAtlantic Ocean
River systemRoanoke River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesMaurakis Road, Irish Road

Tompkins Branch is a 1.61 mi (2.59 km) long 1st order tributary to the Pudding Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

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Tompkins Branch rises in a pond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia, and then flows generally east to join Pudding Creek about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell.[3]

Watershed

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Tompkins Branch drains 0.88 square miles (2.3 km2) of area, receives about 45.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 446.94, and is about 40% forested.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Tompkins Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Tompkins Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.