Pauls Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Stewarts Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pauls Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Pauls Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Surry Carroll County |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Fancy Gap |
Length: | 15.03miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Stewarts Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 47.48cuft/s at mouth with Stewarts Creek[2] |
Source1: | unnamed tributary to Reed Island Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Fancy Gap, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.6539°N -80.6678°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2800feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile west of Toast, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.5039°N -80.6678°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1040feet[5] |
Progression: | Stewarts Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | Yankee Branch Brushy Fork |
Tributaries Right: | Garners Creek Little Pauls Creek |
Bridges: | US 52, Rocky Ford Road (x2), Pauls Creek Road, Flower Gap Road, Peakview Road, Apple Ridge Road, Reinhardt Lane, Brushy Fork Road, Miller Road, Pipers Gap Road, Sparger Road |
Pauls Creek is a 15.03miles long 3rd order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Pauls Creek rises at Fancy Gap, Virginia, in Carroll County and then flows south-southeast into Surry County, North Carolina to join Stewarts Creek about 1 mile west of Toast, North Carolina.[5]
Pauls Creek drains of area, receives about 50.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 318.13, and is about 65% forested.[2]