Little Cherrystone Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Cherrystone Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Little Cherrystone Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Little Cherrystone Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 4.41miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cherrystone Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.94cuft/s at mouth with Cherrystone Creek[2] |
Source1: | unnamed tributary to Whites Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 1 mile north of Chatham, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.8511°N -79.3911°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 795feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 2.5 miles southwest of Motleys Mill, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.8092°N -79.3408°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 558feet[5] |
Progression: | Cherrystone 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: | Hailfax Road |
Little Cherrystone Creek is a 4.41miles long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Little Cherrystone Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile north of Chatham, Virginia and then flows southeast to join Cherrystone Creek about 2.5 miles southwest of Motleys Mill.[5]
Little Cherrystone Creek drains of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 407.98, and is about 36% forested.[2]