Horsepen Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to the Little Nottoway River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map Alt: | Map of Horsepen Creek Watershed |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Horsepen Creek mouth with Little Nottoway River |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Horsepen Creek mouth with Little Nottoway River |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Nottoway |
Length: | 6.56miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Little Nottoway River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 9.04cuft/s at mouth with Little Nottoway River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Horsepen Creek and Nottoway River |
Source1 Location: | about 0.1 miles east of Winnie, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.0747°N -78.1294°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 460feet[4] |
Mouth: | Little Nottoway River |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles southwest of Blackstone, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.0442°N -78.0422°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 239feet |
Progression: | Little Nottoway River → Nottoway River → Chowan River → Albemarle Sound |
River System: | Nottoway River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Lake Amtoco |
Bridges: | Doswell Road |
Horsepen Creek is a 6.56miles long tributary to the Little Nottoway River in the United States state of Virginia. Located in the south-central part of the state, it is part of the larger Chowan-Albemarle drainage. The watershed is 66% forested and 32% agricultural with the rest of land as other uses.[2]
Horsepen Creek rises about 0.1 miles east of Winnie, Virginia on the Nottoway River divide in Nottoway County. The creek then flows southeast and east through Lake Amtoco to meet the Little Nottoway River about 2 miles southwest of Blackstone.
Horsepen Creek drains of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 404.31 and is about 76% forested.[2]