| Wet Sleeve Creek Tributary to Banister River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wet Sleeve Creek mouthShow map of Virginia Wet Sleeve Creek (the United States)Show map of the United States | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sailor Creek divide (Brier Mountain) |
| • location | pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°49′44″N 079°34′41″W / 36.82889°N 79.57806°W / 36.82889; -79.57806 |
| • elevation | 980 ft (300 m) |
| Mouth | |
| • location | about 0.5 miles north of Banister, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°46′54″N 079°31′52″W / 36.78167°N 79.53111°W / 36.78167; -79.53111 |
| • elevation | 659 ft (201 m) |
| Length | 5.87 mi (9.45 km) |
| Basin size | 4.38 square miles (11.3 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Banister River |
| • average | 6.04 cu ft/s (0.171 m/s) at mouth with Banister River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Wet Sleeve Creek Road, Gap Road |
Wet Sleeve Creek is a 5.87 mi (9.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Course
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.
Watershed
Wet Sleeve Creek drains 4.38 square miles (11.3 km) of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 346.31, and is about 51% forested.
See also
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Wet Sleeve Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Wet Sleeve Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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