Maggotty Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Stinking River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Maggotty Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Maggotty Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 3.17miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Stinking River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.52cuft/s at mouth with Stinking River[2] |
Source1: | North Fork Stinking River divide |
Source1 Location: | Natal, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.985°N -79.2622°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 742feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile northeast of Greenfield, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.9658°N -79.2497°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 565feet[5] |
Progression: | Stinking River → 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: | none |
Maggotty Creek is a 3.17miles long 3rd order tributary to the Stinking River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Maggotty Creek rises in Natal, Virginia and then flows southeast and then turns southwest to join the Stinking River about 1 mile northeast of Greenfield.[5]
Maggotty Creek drains of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 417.64, and is about 49% forested.[2]