West Fork Stinking River Tributary to Stinking River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sycamore Creek divide |
• location | about 3.5 miles southeast of Sycamore, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°59′47″N 079°19′45″W / 36.99639°N 79.32917°W[1] |
• elevation | 875 ft (267 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Greenfield, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°57′30″N 079°17′56″W / 36.95833°N 79.29889°W[1] |
• elevation | 625 ft (191 m)[3] |
Length | 4.75 mi (7.64 km)[4] |
Basin size | 3.67 square miles (9.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Stinking River |
• average | 4.97 cu ft/s (0.141 m3/s) at mouth with Stinking River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Stinking River → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Deer View Road, Tucker Road |
West Fork Stinking River is a 4.75 mi (7.64 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Stinking River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]