Pauls Creek (Stewarts Creek tributary)
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Pauls Creek Tributary to Stewarts Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina Virginia |
County | Surry Carroll County |
City | Fancy Gap |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Reed Island Creek divide |
• location | Fancy Gap, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°39′14″N 080°40′04″W / 36.65389°N 80.66778°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,800 ft (850 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile west of Toast, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°30′14″N 080°40′04″W / 36.50389°N 80.66778°WCoordinates: 36°30′14″N 080°40′04″W / 36.50389°N 80.66778°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,040 ft (320 m)[3] |
Length | 15.03 mi (24.19 km)[4] |
Basin size | 28.62 square miles (74.1 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Stewarts Creek |
• average | 47.48 cu ft/s (1.344 m3/s) at mouth with Stewarts Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Stewarts Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Yankee Branch Brushy Fork |
• right | Garners Creek Little Pauls Creek |
Bridges | US 52, Rocky Ford Road (x2), Pauls Creek Road, Flower Gap Road, Peakview Road, Apple Ridge Road, Reinhardt Lane, Brushy Fork Road, Miller Road, Pipers Gap Road, Sparger Road |
Pauls Creek is a 15.03 mi (24.19 km) long 3rd order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Garners Creek
- Little Pauls Creek
Course
Pauls Creek rises at Fancy Gap, Virginia, in Carroll County and then flows south-southeast into Surry County, North Carolina to join Stewarts Creek about 1 mile west of Toast, North Carolina.[3]
Watershed
Pauls Creek drains 28.62 square miles (74.1 km2) of area, receives about 50.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 318.13, and is about 65% forested.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Pauls Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pauls Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 July 2021.