Poplar Creek Tributary to Dan River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Halifax |
City | South Boston |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Banister River divide |
• location | pond at Centerville, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°44′06″N 078°55′39″W / 36.73500°N 78.92750°W[1] |
• elevation | 445 ft (136 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | South Boston, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°41′31″N 078°54′13″W / 36.69194°N 78.90361°W[1] |
• elevation | 320 ft (98 m)[3] |
Length | 3.94 mi (6.34 km)[4] |
Basin size | 5.02 square miles (13.0 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Dan River |
• average | 6.34 cu ft/s (0.180 m3/s) at mouth with Dan River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Sutphin Road, Porter Lane, Berry Hill Road, Summit Drive (x2) |
Poplar Creek is a 3.94 mi (6.34 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Dan River in Halifax County, Virginia.