Bye Creek
| Bye Creek Tributary to Banister River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Bye Creek mouth  Bye Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Halifax Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Elkhorn Creek divide |
| • location | spring about 0.25 miles southwest of Chaneys Store, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°50′36″N 079°09′11″W / 36.84333°N 79.15306°W[1] |
| • elevation | 600 ft (180 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1.5 miles north-northwest of Meadville, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°51′06″N 079°02′35″W / 36.85167°N 79.04306°W[1] |
• elevation | 360 ft (110 m)[3] |
| Length | 6.87 mi (11.06 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 10.74 square miles (27.8 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Banister River |
| • average | 13.35 cu ft/s (0.378 m3/s) at mouth with Banister River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Leda Road, Beulah Road |
Bye Creek is a 6.87 mi (11.06 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Halifax County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Bye Creek rises in a spring about 0.25 miles southwest of Chaneys Store, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows generally east into Halifax County to join the Banister River about 1.5 miles north-northwest of Meadville.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Bye Creek drains 10.74 square miles (27.8 km2) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 374.04, and is about 55% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Bye Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bye Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 1 August 2021.