Poplar Branch (Mill Creek tributary)
| Poplar Branch Tributary to Mill Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Poplar Branch mouth  Poplar Branch (Mill Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mill Creek divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles south-southwest of Gretna Rolling Mill, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°52′52″N 079°21′47″W / 36.88111°N 79.36306°W[1] |
| • elevation | 700 ft (210 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Gretna Rolling Mill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°52′49″N 079°20′00″W / 36.88028°N 79.33333°W[1] |
• elevation | 598 ft (182 m)[3] |
| Length | 0.85 mi (1.37 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 1.02 square miles (2.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mill Creek |
| • average | 1.48 cu ft/s (0.042 m3/s) at mouth with Mill Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mill Creek → Whitethorn 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 | none |
Poplar Branch is a 0.85 mi (1.37 km) long 1st order tributary to Mill Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Course
[edit]Poplar Branch rises about 1.5 miles south-southwest of Gretna Rolling Mill, Virginia and then flows generally east to join Mill Creek about 1.5 miles southeast of Gretna Rolling Mill.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Poplar Branch drains 0.85 square miles (2.2 km2) of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 410.64, and is about 49% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Poplar Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Poplar Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 10 August 2021.