Cherrystone Creek Tributary to Banister River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
City | Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Potter Creek divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°55′01″N 079°27′56″W / 36.91694°N 79.46556°W [1] |
• elevation | 970 ft (300 m) [2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°48′26″N 079°20′23″W / 36.80722°N 79.33972°W [1] |
• elevation | 558 ft (170 m) [3] |
Length | 13.36 mi (21.50 km) [4] |
Basin size | 45.52 square miles (117.9 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Banister River |
• average | 57.03 cu ft/s (1.615 m3/s) at mouth with Banister River [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left |
Pole Bridge Branch Whites Branch Tanyard Branch Little Cherrystone Creek |
• right |
Roaring Fork Green Rock Branch |
Waterbodies | Cherrystone Lake |
Bridges | Old Red Eye Road, Anderson Mill Road, Hodnetts Mill Road, VA 57, US 29, Davis Road, Fairview Road |
Cherrystone Creek is a 13.36 mi (21.50 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. [1]
Cherrystone Creek rises about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia and then flows southeast and turns northeast to join the Banister River about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill. [3]
Cherrystone Creek drains 45.52 square miles (117.9 km2) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 398.40, and is about 46% forested. [5]