Rowanty Creek
| Rowanty Creek Tributary to Nottoway River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Sussex Prince George Dinwiddie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run |
| • location | about 4 miles east of Dinwiddie, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 37°05′40″N 077°28′25″W / 37.09444°N 77.47361°W[2] |
| • elevation | about 98 feet |
| Mouth | confluence of Rowanty Creek and Nottoway River |
• location | about 2 miles northeast of Stony Creek, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°58′17″N 077°20′46″W / 36.97139°N 77.34611°W[1] |
• elevation | 50 feet amsl |
| Length | 22 km/14 miles[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southeast |
| River system | Nottoway River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Hatcher Run Picture Branch Rocky Branch Arthur Swamp Warren Swamp |
| • right | Gravelly Run Little Cattail Creek Health Meadows Branch Fox Branch Harvells Branch Bolling Swamp Galley Swamp |
| Bridges | Dinwiddie County 669 Dinwiddie County 703 US 301 I-95 Sussex County 602 |
Rowanty Creek is a 14-mile long creek that is a tributary to the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia. It is formed at the confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run.
Course
[edit]Rowanty Creek flows southeast from its confluence source in a braided swamp. Along the way, it encounters a few constrictions that narrow the floodplain. A number of swamps are connected together near its mouth with the Nottoway River.
Sources
[edit]The confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run mark the source of Rowanty Creek. Hatcher Run is about 7 km/4 miles in length and arises at an elevation of about 310 feet near Poole Siding, Virginia.[4] Hatcher Run is impounded in two places, Jordon Lake and Speers Millpond. Gravelly Run at 17.5 km/11 miles is the longer of the two sources.[5] It arises at an elevation of 280 feet and has one impoundment, Wilkinson Pond.[6]
Geology
[edit]Rowanty Creek flows its entire distance through Coastal Plain alluvium. However, the two runs that form the creek start in Petersburg Granite that is part of the Piedmont.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "GNIS Detail - Rowanty Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Rowanty Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Butterwood Lake Topo Map, Nottoway County VA (Blackstone East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Butterwood Lake Topo Map, Nottoway County VA (Blackstone East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". www.dmme.virginia.gov. Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
- Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.