| Tompkins Branch Tributary to Pudding Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tompkins Branch mouthShow map of Virginia Tompkins Branch (the United States)Show map of the United States | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Morris Branch divide |
| • location | pond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°45′00″N 079°30′20″W / 36.75000°N 79.50556°W / 36.75000; -79.50556 |
| • elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
| Mouth | |
| • location | about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°45′14″N 079°28′54″W / 36.75389°N 79.48167°W / 36.75389; -79.48167 |
| • elevation | 675 ft (206 m) |
| Length | 1.61 mi (2.59 km) |
| Basin size | 0.88 square miles (2.3 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Pudding Creek |
| • average | 1.28 cu ft/s (0.036 m/s) at mouth with Pudding Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Pudding Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Maurakis Road, Irish Road |
Tompkins Branch is a 1.61 mi (2.59 km) long 1st order tributary to the Pudding Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Course
Tompkins Branch rises in a pond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia, and then flows generally east to join Pudding Creek about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell.
Watershed
Tompkins Branch drains 0.88 square miles (2.3 km) of area, receives about 45.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 446.94, and is about 40% forested.
See also
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Tompkins Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Tompkins Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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