Little Fisher River | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Fisher River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Little Fisher River mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Little Fisher River mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Surry |
Length: | 16.78miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Fisher River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 56.45cuft/s at mouth with Fisher River[2] |
Source1: | south side of the Blue Ridge escarpment |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles southwest of Fisher Peak |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5542°N -80.8292°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2610feet[4] |
Mouth: | Fisher River |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of New Hope, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.4217°N -80.7011°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1010feet |
Progression: | Fisher River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | Auberry Creek Ross Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Ring Creek Beaverdam Creek Hatchers Creek |
Bridges: | Old Lowgap Road, Sutphin Trail, Round Peak Church Road, Twin Rocks Lane, Bryant Road, Richards Road, I-77, NC 89, Laurel Spring Church Road, Haystack Road, Red Brush Road |
Little Fisher River is a 16.78miles long 4th order tributary to the Fisher River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Little Fisher River rises on the south side of the Blue Ridge Escarpment about 0.5 miles southwest of Fisher Peak. Little Fisher River then flows generally south to join the Fisher River about 0.5 miles southwest of New Hope, North Carolina.[4]
Little Fisher River drains of area, receives about 48.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 336.03, and is about 56% forested.[2]