Little Cherrystone Creek
| Little Cherrystone Creek Tributary to Cherrystone Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Little Cherrystone Creek mouth  Little Cherrystone Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | unnamed tributary to Whites Branch divide |
| • location | pond about 1 mile north of Chatham, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°51′04″N 079°23′28″W / 36.85111°N 79.39111°W[1] |
| • elevation | 795 ft (242 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 2.5 miles southwest of Motleys Mill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°48′33″N 079°20′27″W / 36.80917°N 79.34083°W[1] |
• elevation | 558 ft (170 m)[3] |
| Length | 4.41 mi (7.10 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 45.52 square miles (117.9 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cherrystone Creek |
| • average | 7.94 cu ft/s (0.225 m3/s) at mouth with Cherrystone Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cherrystone 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 | Hailfax Road |
Little Cherrystone Creek is a 4.41 mi (7.10 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Little Cherrystone Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile north of Chatham, Virginia and then flows southeast to join Cherrystone Creek about 2.5 miles southwest of Motleys Mill.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Little Cherrystone Creek drains 5.90 square miles (15.3 km2) of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 407.98, and is about 36% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Little Cherrystone Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Little Cherrystone Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 August 2021.