Wet Sleeve Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Banister River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wet Sleeve Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Wet Sleeve Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 5.87miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Banister River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 6.04cuft/s at mouth with Banister River[2] |
Source1: | Sailor Creek divide (Brier Mountain) |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.8289°N -79.5781°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 980feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles north of Banister, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.7817°N -79.5311°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 659feet[5] |
Progression: | 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: | Wet Sleeve Creek Road, Gap Road |
Wet Sleeve Creek is a 5.87miles long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Wet Sleeve Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia and then flows south and then east to join the Banister River about 0.5 miles north of Banister.[5]
Wet Sleeve Creek drains of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 346.31, and is about 51% forested.[2]