Wet Sleeve Creek
| Wet Sleeve Creek Tributary to Banister River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wet Sleeve Creek mouth  Wet Sleeve Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sailor Creek divide (Brier Mountain) |
| • location | pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°49′44″N 079°34′41″W / 36.82889°N 79.57806°W[1] |
| • elevation | 980 ft (300 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Banister, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°46′54″N 079°31′52″W / 36.78167°N 79.53111°W[1] |
• elevation | 659 ft (201 m)[3] |
| Length | 5.87 mi (9.45 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 4.38 square miles (11.3 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Banister River |
| • average | 6.04 cu ft/s (0.171 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 | Wet Sleeve Creek Road, Gap Road |
Wet Sleeve Creek is a 5.87 mi (9.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Wet Sleeve Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia and then flows south and then east to join the Banister River about 0.5 miles north of Banister.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Wet Sleeve Creek drains 4.38 square miles (11.3 km2) of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 346.31, and is about 51% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Wet Sleeve Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Wet Sleeve Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.