Lovills 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 | Pine Creek divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Wards Gap |
• coordinates | 36°40′18″N 080°37′06″W / 36.67167°N 80.61833°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,615 ft (797 m)[2] |
Mouth | Ararat River |
• location | Mount Airy, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°28′33″N 080°37′06″W / 36.47583°N 80.61833°W[1] |
• elevation | 975 ft (297 m)[2] |
Length | 17.24 mi (27.75 km)[3] |
Basin size | 35.97 square miles (93.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Ararat River |
• average | 57.00 cu ft/s (1.614 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 | School House Creek |
• right | Waterfall Branch Elk Spur Branch Halls Branch Rocky Creek |
Waterbodies | Lovill's Creek Lake |
Bridges | Cherry Crest Drive, Wards Gap Road, Crotts Hollow Road, Epworth Road, Fish Lake Road, Greenhill Road, US 52, W Independence Boulevard, NC 89, Worth Street, Rockford Street, US 52, Carter Street |
Lovills Creek is a 17.24 mi (27.75 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.