Mill Creek Tributary to Whitethorn Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Little Cherrystone Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles south of Whittles, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°51′35″N 079°23′42″W / 36.85972°N 79.39500°W[1] |
• elevation | 760 ft (230 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile east of Coles Hill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°52′34″N 079°16′27″W / 36.87611°N 79.27417°W[1] |
• elevation | 515 ft (157 m)[3] |
Length | 9.74 mi (15.68 km)[4] |
Basin size | 11.02 square miles (28.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Whitethorn Creek |
• average | 14.50 cu ft/s (0.411 m3/s) at mouth with Whitethorn Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Whitethorn Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Poplar Branch |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Strader Road, Payneton Road, Chalk Level Road, Coles Road |
Mill Creek is a 9.74 mi (15.68 km) long 3rd order tributary to Whitethorn Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.