Cherrystone Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Banister River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cherrystone Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Cherrystone Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Chatham |
Length: | 13.36miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Banister River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 57.03cuft/s at mouth with Banister River[2] |
Source1: | Potter Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.9169°N -79.4656°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 970feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.8072°N -79.3397°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 558feet[5] |
Progression: | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | Pole Bridge Branch Whites Branch Tanyard Branch Little Cherrystone Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Roaring Fork Green Rock Branch |
Waterbodies: | Cherrystone Lake |
Bridges: | Old Red Eye Road, Anderson Mill Road, Hodnetts Mill Road, VA 57, US 29, Davis Road, Fairview Road |
Cherrystone Creek is a 13.36miles long 3rd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Cherrystone Creek rises about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia and then flows southeast and turns northeast to join the Banister River about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill.[5]
Cherrystone Creek drains of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 398.40, and is about 46% forested.[2]