Roaring Fork | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Cherrystone Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Roaring Fork mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Roaring Fork mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 4.65miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cherrystone Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.89cuft/s at mouth with Cherrystone Creek[2] |
Source1: | Harpen Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Climax, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.8864°N -79.4875°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 890feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.8456°N -79.4297°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 640feet[5] |
Progression: | Cherrystone Creek → 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: | Walkers Well Road, Cherrystone Lake Road |
Roaring Fork is a 4.69miles long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Roaring Fork rises in Climax, Virginia and then flows southeast to join Cherrystone Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham.[5]
Roaring Fork drains of area, receives about 45.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 391.90, and is about 42% forested.[2]