Blacks Creek Tributary to Allen Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Straightstone Creek divide |
• location | Renan, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°58′30″N 079°10′47″W / 36.97500°N 79.17972°W[1] |
• elevation | 655 ft (200 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile southwest of Hermosa, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°56′02″N 079°08′41″W / 36.93389°N 79.14472°W[1] |
• elevation | 395 ft (120 m)[3] |
Length | 4.87 mi (7.84 km)[4] |
Basin size | 6.76 square miles (17.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Allen Creek |
• average | 8.56 cu ft/s (0.242 m3/s) at mouth with Allen Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Allen Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | VA 40, White Fall Road |
Blacks Creek is a 4.87 mi (7.84 km) long 2nd order tributary to Allen Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.