Lazaretto Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to the Little Nottoway River |
Name Etymology: | Old Spanish word for prison[1] |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map Alt: | Map of Lazaretto Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lazaretto 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: | 8.03miles[2] |
Discharge1 Location: | Little Nottoway River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.06cuft/s at mouth with Little Nottoway River[3] |
Source1 Location: | by Piedmont State Hospital, about 2 miles northeast of Burkeville, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.1911°N -78.1789°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 490feet[4] |
Mouth: | Little Nottoway River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles southwest of Nottoway Court House, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.1319°N -78.0961°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 290feet |
Progression: | Little Nottoway River → Nottoway River → Chowan River → Albemarle Sound |
River System: | Nottoway River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Crystal Lake |
Bridges: | US 460 Rocky Ford Road Lone Pine Road The Falls Road Bible Road |
Lazaretto Creek is a 8.89miles 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 51% forested and 39% agricultural with the rest of land as other uses.[3]