Blacks Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Allen Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Blacks Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Blacks Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 4.87miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Allen Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 8.56cuft/s at mouth with Allen Creek[2] |
Source1: | unnamed tributary to Straightstone Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Renan, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.975°N -79.1797°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 655feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile southwest of Hermosa, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.9339°N -79.1447°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 395feet[5] |
Progression: | Allen 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: | VA 40, White Fall Road |
Blacks Creek is a 4.87miles long 2nd order tributary to Allen Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Blacks Creek rises in Renan, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows southeast to join Allen Creek about 1 miles southwest of Hermosa.[5]
Blacks Creek drains of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 405.09, and is about 55% forested.[2]