Roaring Fork Tributary to Cherrystone Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Harpen Creek divide |
• location | Climax, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°53′11″N 079°29′15″W / 36.88639°N 79.48750°W[1] |
• elevation | 890 ft (270 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°50′44″N 079°25′47″W / 36.84556°N 79.42972°W[1] |
• elevation | 640 ft (200 m)[3] |
Length | 4.65 mi (7.48 km)[4] |
Basin size | 5.61 square miles (14.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cherrystone Creek |
• average | 7.89 cu ft/s (0.223 m3/s) at mouth with Cherrystone Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cherrystone 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 | Walkers Well Road, Cherrystone Lake Road |
Roaring Fork is a 4.69 mi (7.55 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.