Aarons Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Dan River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Aarons Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Aarons Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties (VA) |
Subdivision Name3: | Halifax Mecklenburg |
Subdivision Type4: | Counties (NC) |
Subdivision Name4: | Granville Person |
Length: | 27.74miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Dan River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 74.91cuft/s at mouth with Dan River[2] |
Source1: | Tar River divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.4253°N -78.8011°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 605feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.6747°N -78.7011°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 300feet[5] |
Progression: | Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Crooked Fork Wolfpit Run Mountain Branch Big Mountain Branch North Fork |
Tributaries Right: | Perkins Branch Big Branch |
Bridges: | Thomas Green Road, Rosemary Way, Raymond Royster Road, Aaron Creek Church Road, NC 96, Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road, VA 49, Willards Mill Road, White House Road, US 58 |
Aarons Creek is a 27.74miles long 3rd order tributary to the Dan River in Halifax County, Virginia. Aarons Creek forms the boundary of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia up to the Dan River.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
Aarons Creek rises in a pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina, in Person County and then flows north-northeast through Granville County, North Carolina and into Virginia to join the Dan River about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek.[5]
Aarons Creek drains of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 421.02, and is about 56% forested.[2]