Double Spring Branch Tributary to Clarks Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State |
Virginia North Carolina |
County |
Patrick (VA) Surry (NC) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Silverleaf Creek divide |
• location | about 5 miles east of Sulphur Springs, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°32′42″N 080°31′17″W / 36.54500°N 80.52139°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,400 ft (430 m) [2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 2.5 miles south of The Hollow, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°34′00″N 080°32′08″W / 36.56667°N 80.53556°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,142 ft (348 m) [3] |
Length | 1.80 mi (2.90 km) [4] |
Basin size | 0.81 square miles (2.1 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Clarks Creek |
• average | 1.41 cu ft/s (0.040 m3/s) at mouth with Clarks Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Clarks Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Long Branch Road, Persimmon HI |
Double Spring Branch is a 1.80 mi (2.90 km) long 1st order tributary to Clarks Creek in Patrick County, Virginia.
Double Spring Branch rises about 5 miles east of Sulphur Springs, North Carolina in Surry County and then flows northwest into Virginia to join Clarks Creek about 1.5 miles south of The Hollow. [3]
Double Spring Branch drains 0.81 square miles (2.1 km2) of area, receives about 48.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 286.10, and is about 71% forested. [5]