Aarons Creek Tributary to Dan River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
Counties (VA) | Halifax Mecklenburg |
Counties (NC) | Granville Person |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Tar River divide |
• location | pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°25′31″N 078°48′04″W / 36.42528°N 78.80111°W[1] |
• elevation | 605 ft (184 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°40′29″N 078°42′04″W / 36.67472°N 78.70111°W[1] |
• elevation | 300 ft (91 m)[3] |
Length | 27.74 mi (44.64 km)[4] |
Basin size | 67.01 square miles (173.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Dan River |
• average | 74.91 cu ft/s (2.121 m3/s) at mouth with Dan River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Crooked Fork Wolfpit Run Mountain Branch Big Mountain Branch North Fork |
• right | Perkins Branch Big Branch |
Bridges | Thomas Green Road, Rosemary Way, Raymond Royster Road, Aaron Creek Church Road, NC 96, Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road, VA 49, Willards Mill Road, White House Road, US 58 |
Aarons Creek is a 27.74 mi (44.64 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Dan River in Halifax County, Virginia. Aarons Creek forms the boundary of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia up to the Dan River.