Parrotts Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Rappahannock River |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Parrotts Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Middlesex |
Length: | 5.16miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Rappahannock River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 9.5cuft/s at mouth with Rappahannock River[2] |
Source1: | Briery Swamp divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.1 miles southeast of Jamaica, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.7108°N -76.69°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 80feet[4] |
Mouth: | Rappahannock River |
Mouth Location: | Ross Point, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.7311°N -76.6183°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | generally east |
River System: | Rappahannock River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Wyatt Swamp |
Waterbodies: | Beazley Pond |
Parrotts Creek is a 5.16miles long 3rd order tributary to the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Parrotts Creek rises on the Briery Swamp divide about 0.1 miles southeast of Jamaica, Virginia. Parrotts Creek then flows easterly to meet the Rappahannock River at Ross Point, Virginia.[4]
Parrotts Creek drains of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 446.54 and is about 62.7% forested.[2]