North Fork | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Aarons Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of North Fork mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of North Fork mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Halifax |
Length: | 9.43miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Aarons Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 15.53cuft/s at mouth with Aarons Creek[2] |
Source1: | Wolpit Run divide |
Source1 Location: | Virgilina, Virginia at the Stateline |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5436°N -78.7806°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 510feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile southeast of Midway, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.6336°N -78.7119°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 318feet[5] |
Progression: | Aarons Creek → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | 7th Street, Wilborn Road (x2), North Fork Church Road, Bowen Road, Red Bank Road, E Hitesburg Road, Aarons Creek Road, Buckshoal Road |
North Fork is a 9.43miles long 2nd order tributary to Aarons Creek in Halifax County, Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
North Fork rises in a pond at the North Carolina-Virginia state line at Virgilina, Virginia, and then flows generally northeast to join Aarons Creek about 1 mile southeast of Midway.[5]
North Fork drains of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 412.33, and is about 52% forested.[2]