Bar Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Sandy Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bar Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Bar Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 3.36miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Sandy Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 4.47cuft/s at mouth with Sandy Creek[2] |
Source1: | unnamed tributary to Birch Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles west of Red Oak Hollow, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.7267°N -79.2186°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 650feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile southwest of Pickaway, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.7633°N -79.1972°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 479feet[5] |
Progression: | Sandy Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Bair Branch Road |
Bar Branch is a 3.36miles long 1st order tributary to Sandy Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Bar Branch rises about 2 miles west of Red Oak Hollow, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows northeast to join Sandy Creek about 1 mile southwest of Pickaway.[5]
Bar Branch drains of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 347.97, and is about 53% forested.[2]