North Fork Tributary to Aarons Creek | |
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Location of North Fork mouth North Fork (Aarons Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Halifax |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Wolpit Run divide |
• location | Virgilina, Virginia at the Stateline |
• coordinates | 36°32′37″N 078°46′50″W / 36.54361°N 78.78056°W[1] |
• elevation | 510 ft (160 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Midway, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°38′01″N 078°42′43″W / 36.63361°N 78.71194°W[1] |
• elevation | 318 ft (97 m)[3] |
Length | 9.43 mi (15.18 km)[4] |
Basin size | 13.01 square miles (33.7 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Aarons Creek |
• average | 15.53 cu ft/s (0.440 m3/s) at mouth with Aarons Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Aarons Creek → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | 7th Street, Wilborn Road (x2), North Fork Church Road, Bowen Road, Red Bank Road, E Hitesburg Road, Aarons Creek Road, Buckshoal Road |
North Fork is a 9.43 mi (15.18 km) long 2nd order tributary to Aarons Creek in Halifax County, Virginia.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[6]
- North Fork Aaron Creek
- North Fork Aarons Creek
- North Fork Haron Creek
Course
North Fork rises in a pond at the North Carolina-Virginia state line at Virgilina, Virginia, and then flows generally northeast to join Aarons Creek about 1 mile southeast of Midway.[3]
Watershed
North Fork drains 13.01 square miles (33.7 km2) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 412.33, and is about 52% forested.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 "GNIS Detail - North Fork". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- 1 2 3 "North Fork Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ararat River
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