Dry Fork (White Oak Creek tributary)
| Dry Fork Tributary to White Oak Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Dry Fork mouth  Dry Fork (White Oak Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | unnamed tributary to Fall Creek divide |
| • location | pond about 4 miles northeast of Pleasant Gap, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°43′09″N 079°23′24″W / 36.71917°N 79.39000°W[1] |
| • elevation | 770 ft (230 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Dry Fork, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°45′57″N 079°24′02″W / 36.76583°N 79.40056°W[1] |
• elevation | 598 ft (182 m)[3] |
| Length | 4.12 mi (6.63 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 3.74 square miles (9.7 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | White Oak Creek |
| • average | 5.08 cu ft/s (0.144 m3/s) at mouth with White Oak Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | White Oak 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 | Lester Lane, Dry Fork Road |
Dry Fork is a 4.12 mi (6.63 km) long 1st order tributary to White Oak Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Course
[edit]Dry Fork rises in a pond about 4 miles northeast of Pleasant Gap, Virginia and then flows generally north to join White Oak Creek about 0.5 miles north of Dry Fork.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Dry Fork drains 3.74 square miles (9.7 km2) of area, receives about 45.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 395.81, and is about 51% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Dry Fork". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "White Oak Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 August 2021.