Rocky Creek Tributary to Lovills Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Surry |
City | Mount Airy |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Pauls Creek divide |
• location | about 1 mile north of Toast, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°32′02″N 080°38′36″W / 36.53389°N 80.64333°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | Mount Airy, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°30′38″N 080°37′17″W / 36.51056°N 80.62139°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,024 ft (312 m)[3] |
Length | 2.22 mi (3.57 km)[4] |
Basin size | 1.74 square miles (4.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Lovills Creek |
• average | 2.64 cu ft/s (0.075 m3/s) at mouth with Lovills Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lovills Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Yadkin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | City Lake |
Bridges | Boggs Drive, Westlake Drive, US 52, Hickory Street |
Rocky Creek is a 2.22 mi (3.57 km) long 1st order tributary to Lovills Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.