Clarks Creek Tributary to Ararat River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Patrick |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fall Creek divide |
• location | Carters Mill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°36′30″N 080°28′47″W / 36.60833°N 80.47972°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,440 ft (440 m) [2] |
Mouth | Ararat River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southwest of The Hollow, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°34′05″N 080°33′01″W / 36.56806°N 80.55028°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,115 ft (340 m) [2] |
Length | 6.39 mi (10.28 km) [3] |
Basin size | 10.80 square miles (28.0 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Ararat River |
• average | 17.76 cu ft/s (0.503 m3/s) at mouth with Ararat River [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | King Noahs Branch Long Branch Double Spring Branch Rye Stack Branch |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Pond Road, Ararat Highway, Homeplace Road, Holly Tree Road, Pedigo Ridge Road, Ararat Highway |
Clarks Creek is a 6.39 mi (10.28 km) long
2nd order tributary to the
Ararat River in
Patrick County, Virginia.
Clarks Creek rises on the Fall Creek divide at Carters Mill in Patrick County, Virginia. Clarks Creek then flows southwest to join the Ararat River about 1.5 miles southwest of The Hollow, Virginia. [2]
Clarks Creek drains 10.80 square miles (28.0 km2) of area, receives about 50.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 324.21, and is about 62% forested. [4]