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Stream in Virginia, USA
Whites Branch
Tributary to Cherrystone Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyPittsylvania
CityChatham
Physical characteristics
SourceLittle Cherrystone Creek divide
 • locationnorthside of Chatham, Virginia
 • coordinates36°50′24″N 079°23′42″W / 36.84000°N 79.39500°W / 36.84000; -79.39500
 • elevation760 ft (230 m)
Mouth 
 • locationwest side of Chatham, Virginia
 • coordinates36°49′24″N 079°24′35″W / 36.82333°N 79.40972°W / 36.82333; -79.40972
 • elevation607 ft (185 m)
Length0.94 mi (1.51 km)
Basin size2.77 square miles (7.2 km)
Discharge 
 • locationCherrystone Creek
 • average3.87 cu ft/s (0.110 m/s) at mouth with Cherrystone Creek
Basin features
ProgressionCherrystone CreekBanister RiverDan RiverRoanoke RiverAlbemarle SoundPamlico SoundAtlantic Ocean
River systemRoanoke River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesHodnetts Mill Road, Rison Street

Whites Branch is a 0.94 mi (1.51 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Course

Whites Branch rises in the northside of Chatham, Virginia and then flows southwest to join Cherrystone Creek in the western part of Chatham.

Watershed

Whites Branch drains 2.77 square miles (7.2 km) of area, receives about 45.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 398.30, and is about 36% forested.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Whites Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Whites Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 August 2021.


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