Bearskin Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Banister River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bearskin Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Bearskin Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 9.46miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Banister River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 28.25cuft/s at mouth with Banister River[2] |
Source1: | Tomahawk Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.5 miles south of Green Pond, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.8828°N -79.4906°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 890feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Jones Mill, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.7703°N -79.4533°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 613feet[5] |
Progression: | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Lick Branch |
Tributaries Right: | Hemp Fork Little Bearskin Creek Bolin Branch |
Bridges: | Anderson Road, VA 57, Weal Road, Mitchell Road, Irish Road |
Bearskin Creek is a 9.46miles long 3rd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Bearskin Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles south of Green Pond, Virginia and then flows south-southeast to join the Banister River about 0.5 miles northeast of Jones Mill.[5]
Bearskin Creek drains of area, receives about 45.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 446.94, and is about 45% forested.[2]