White Oak Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Banister River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of White Oak Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of White Oak Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Pittsylvania |
Length: | 7.26miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Banister River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 20.46cuft/s at mouth with Banister River[2] |
Source1: | Sandy Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 3 miles northeast of Whitmell, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.72°N -79.4775°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 770feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles south-southwest of Tight Squeeze, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.7736°N -79.3992°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 592feet[5] |
Progression: | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Dry Fork |
Bridges: | Wi Powell Road, Hopewell Road, Dry Fork Road |
White Oak Creek is a 7.26miles long 4th order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
White Oak Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles northeast of Whitmell, Virginia and then flows generally northeast to join the Banister River about 0.5 miles south-southwest of Tight Squeeze.[5]
White Oak Creek drains of area, receives about 45.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 418.01, and is about 46% forested.[2]