| North Fork Stewarts Creek Tributary to Stewarts Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of North Fork Stewarts Creek mouth  North Fork Stewarts Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Carroll |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Coal Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles south of Felt Knob |
| • coordinates | 36°37′14″N 080°49′27″W / 36.62056°N 80.82417°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,940 ft (900 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 2 miles northwest of Lambsburg, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°35′50″N 080°47′12″W / 36.59722°N 80.78667°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,683 ft (513 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.92 mi (4.70 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 1.28 square miles (3.3 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Stewarts Creek |
| • average | 3.04 cu ft/s (0.086 m3/s) at mouth with Stewarts Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Stewarts Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Yadkin River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Blue Ridge Parkway |
North Fork Stewarts Creek is a 2.92 mi (4.70 km) long 1st order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Carroll County, Virginia. This stream. along with South Fork Stewarts Creek, forms Stewarts Creek.
Course
North Fork Stewarts Creek rises about 0.25 miles south of Felt Knob in Carroll County and then flows generally southeast to join Stewarts Creek about 2 miles northwest of Lambsburg, Virginia.[3]
Watershed
North Fork Stewarts Creek drains 1.28 square miles (3.3 km2) of area, receives about 53.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 282.42, and is about 62% forested.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 "GNIS Detail - North Fork Stewarts Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 "North Fork Stewarts Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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