Lagrange Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Rappahannock River |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lagrange Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Middlesex |
Length: | 6.51miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Rappahannock River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 19.02cuft/s at mouth with Rappahannock River[2] |
Source1: | Briery Swamp and Wyatt Swamp divide |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles southeast of Jamaica, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.6911°N -76.6833°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 70feet[4] |
Mouth: | Rappahannock River |
Mouth Location: | Long Point, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.6689°N -76.5869°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | southeast |
River System: | Rappahannock River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | South Branch Lagrange Creek |
Waterbodies: | Burch Pond |
Bridges: | Burchs Mill Road |
Lagrange Creek is a 6.51miles long 3rd order tributary to the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County, Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
In colonial times it was known as[5]
Lagrange Creek rises on the Briery Swamp and Wyatt Swamp divide about 2 miles southeast of Jamaica, Virginia. Lagrange Creek then flows southeast to meet the Rappahannock River at Long Point, Virginia.[4]
Lagrange Creek drains of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 512.02 and is about 40.9% forested.[2]