Dry Fork | |
Name Other: | Tributary to White Oak Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dry Fork mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Dry Fork mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 4.12miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | White Oak Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 5.08cuft/s at mouth with White Oak Creek[2] |
Source1: | unnamed tributary to Fall Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 4 miles northeast of Pleasant Gap, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.7192°N -79.39°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 770feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Dry Fork, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.7658°N -79.4006°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 598feet[5] |
Progression: | White Oak 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: | Lester Lane, Dry Fork Road |
Dry Fork is a 4.12miles long 1st order tributary to White Oak Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Dry Fork rises in a pond about 4 miles northeast of Pleasant Gap, Virginia and then flows generally north to join White Oak Creek about 0.5 miles north of Dry Fork.[5]
Dry Fork drains of area, receives about 45.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 395.81, and is about 51% forested.[2]