Clarks Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Ararat River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Clarks Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Clarks Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Patrick |
Length: | 6.39miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Ararat River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 17.76cuft/s at mouth with Ararat River[2] |
Source1: | Fall Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Carters Mill, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.6083°N -80.4797°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1440feet[4] |
Mouth: | Ararat River |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles southwest of The Hollow, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.5681°N -80.5503°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1115feet |
Progression: | Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | King Noahs Branch Long Branch Double Spring Branch Rye Stack Branch |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Pond Road, Ararat Highway, Homeplace Road, Holly Tree Road, Pedigo Ridge Road, Ararat Highway |
Clarks Creek is a 6.39miles long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia.
Clarks Creek rises on the Fall Creek divide at Carters Mill in Patrick County, Virginia. Clarks Creek then flows southwest to join the Ararat River about 1.5 miles southwest of The Hollow, Virginia.[4]
Clarks Creek drains of area, receives about 50.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 324.21, and is about 62% forested.[2]