Wolfpit Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Aarons Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wolfpit Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Wolfpit Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Halifax (VA) Granville (NC) |
Length: | 4miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Aarons Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 5.42cuft/s at mouth with Aarons Creek[2] |
Source1: | Crooked Fork divide |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles south of Virgilina, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5244°N -78.7858°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 628feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles east of Virgilina, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.5517°N -78.7403°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 358feet[5] |
Progression: | Aarons Creek → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | NC 96, Wolfpit Road, VA 49 |
Wolfpit Run is a 4miles long 1st order tributary to Aarons Creek in Halifax County, Virginia.
Wolfpit Run rises about 3 miles south of Virgilina, Virginia in Granville County, North Carolina, and then flows northeast to join Aarons Creek about 2 miles east of Virgilina.[5]
Wolfpit Run drains of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 420.01, and is about 52% forested.[2]