Toms Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Ararat River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Toms Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Toms Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Surry |
Length: | 16.1miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Ararat River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 52.95cuft/s at mouth with Ararat River[2] |
Source1: | Big Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles west of Woodville, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5017°N -80.4858°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1390feet[4] |
Mouth: | Ararat River |
Mouth Location: | about 5 miles northeast of Pine Hill, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.3742°N -80.5392°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 878feet |
Progression: | Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Yadkin River |
Tributaries Left: | Chinquapin Creek Heatherly Creek |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Loves Lake |
Bridges: | Cain Road, Alei Lane, Toms Creek Church Road, Galloway Ridge Trail, Cleo Cain Road, Jessup Grove Church Road, Matthews Road, US 52, W Dodson Mill Road, Cliffside Trail, Toms Creek Road |
Toms Creek is a 16.1miles long 4th order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.
Toms Creek rises on the Big Creek divide about 0.25 miles west of Woodville, North Carolina. Toms Creek then flows south before turning southwest to join the Ararat River at about 5 miles northeast of Pine Hill.[4]
Toms Creek drains of area, receives about 48.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 348.20, and is about 58% forested.[2]