Garners Creek
Tributary to Pauls Creek
Map of Garners Creek mouth location
Map of Garners Creek mouth location
Location of Garners Creek mouth
Map of Garners Creek mouth location
Map of Garners Creek mouth location
Garners Creek (Pauls Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyCarroll County
Physical characteristics
SourceEast Fork Crooked Creek divide
  locationabout 1 mile northeast of Sugarloaf Overlook
  coordinates36°38′45″N 080°42′00″W / 36.64583°N 80.70000°W / 36.64583; -80.70000[1]
  elevation2,930 ft (890 m)[2]
Mouth 
  location
about 1.5 miles northwest of Cana, Virginia
  coordinates
36°36′22″N 080°41′58″W / 36.60611°N 80.69944°W / 36.60611; -80.69944[1]
  elevation
1,358 ft (414 m)[3]
Length4.00 mi (6.44 km)[4]
Basin size3.85 square miles (10.0 km2)[5]
Discharge 
  locationPauls Creek
  average8.07 cu ft/s (0.229 m3/s) at mouth with Pauls Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionPauls CreekStewarts CreekArarat RiverYadkin RiverPee Dee RiverWinyah BayAtlantic Ocean
River systemYadkin River
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesI-77, Pauls Creek Road

Garners Creek is a 4.00 mi (6.44 km) long 3rd order tributary to Pauls Creek in Carroll County, Virginia.

Course

Garners Creek rises about 1 mile northeast of Sugarloaf Overlook in Carroll County and then flows southeast to join Pauls Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Cana, Virginia.[3]

Watershed

Garners Creek drains 3.85 square miles (10.0 km2) of area, receives about 53.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 282.84, and is about 66% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Garners Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Garners Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 July 2021.


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