Stewarts Creek Tributary to Ararat River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina Virginia |
County | Surry Carroll |
Cities | Mount Airy |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of North and South Forks |
• location | about 4 miles southwest of Pipers Gap, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°35′50″N 080°47′13″W / 36.59722°N 80.78694°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,615 ft (797 m)[2] |
Mouth | Ararat River |
• location | Mount Airy, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°28′05″N 080°36′15″W / 36.46806°N 80.60417°W[1] |
• elevation | 970 ft (300 m)[2] |
Length | 20.24 mi (32.57 km)[3] |
Basin size | 79.71 square miles (206.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Ararat River |
• average | 120.96 cu ft/s (3.425 m3/s) at mouth with Ararat River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | North Fork Stewarts Creek Turkey Creek Naked Run Stony Creek Benson Creek Pauls Creek |
• right | South Fork Stewarts Creek Flat Creek Moores Fork Turners Creek Beech Creek Burkes Creek |
Bridges | Chestnut Grove Road, I-74, W Imogene Church Road, Beamer Road, NC 89, Red Brush Road, US 601, Old Hwy 601, Park Drive |
Stewarts Creek is a 20.24 mi (32.57 km) long 4th order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.