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Roaring_Fork_(Cherrystone_Creek_tributary) Latitude and Longitude:
36°50′44″N 079°25′47″W / 36.84556°N 79.42972°W / 36.84556; -79.42972
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Roaring Fork
Tributary to Cherrystone Creek
Map of Roaring Fork mouth location
Map of Roaring Fork mouth location
Location of Roaring Fork mouth
Map of Roaring Fork mouth location
Map of Roaring Fork mouth location
Roaring Fork (Cherrystone Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Virginia
County Pittsylvania
Physical characteristics
SourceHarpen Creek divide
 • location Climax, Virginia
 • coordinates 36°53′11″N 079°29′15″W / 36.88639°N 79.48750°W / 36.88639; -79.48750 [1]
 • elevation890 ft (270 m) [2]
Mouth 
 • location
about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham, Virginia
 • coordinates
 36°50′44″N 079°25′47″W / 36.84556°N 79.42972°W / 36.84556; -79.42972 [1]
 • elevation
640 ft (200 m) [3]
Length4.65 mi (7.48 km) [4]
Basin size5.61 square miles (14.5 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location Cherrystone Creek
 • average7.89 cu ft/s (0.223 m3/s) at mouth with Cherrystone Creek [5]
Basin features
Progression Cherrystone Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River system Roanoke River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesWalkers Well Road, Cherrystone Lake Road

Roaring Fork is a 4.69 mi (7.55 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Course

Roaring Fork rises in Climax, Virginia and then flows southeast to join Cherrystone Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham. [3]

Watershed

Roaring Fork drains 5.61 square miles (14.5 km2) of area, receives about 45.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 391.90, and is about 42% forested. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Roaring Fork". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Roaring Fork Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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