Gully Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Fisher River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gully Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Gully Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Surry (NC) Grayson (VA) |
Length: | 3.24miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Fisher River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 4.3cuft/s at mouth with Ararat River[2] |
Source1: | West Fork Chestnut Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | spring 0.5 miles south of Low Gap, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5617°N -80.8983°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2492feet[4] |
Mouth: | Fisher River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles north of Lowgap, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.5319°N -80.8658°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1.358feet |
Progression: | Fisher River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | W Pine Street (NC 89), Lumber Plant Road |
Gully Creek is a 3.24miles long 1st order tributary to the Fisher River in Surry County, North Carolina.
Gully Creek rises in a spring on the divide of West Fork Chestnut Creek about 0.5 miles south of Low Gap, Virginia. From the spring at the stateline of Virginia, Gully Creek then flows south into Surry County, North Carolina and then southeast to join the Fisher River about 0.5 miles north of Lowgap.[4]
Gully Creek drains of area, receives about 49.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 272.01, and is about 67% forested.[2]