Tanyard Branch Tributary to Cherrystone Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
City | Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Whites Branch divide |
• location | southside of Chatham, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°50′02″N 079°23′29″W / 36.83389°N 79.39139°W[1] |
• elevation | 720 ft (220 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | northeast side of Chatham, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°48′20″N 079°22′44″W / 36.80556°N 79.37889°W[1] |
• elevation | 574 ft (175 m)[3] |
Length | 1.78 mi (2.86 km)[4] |
Basin size | 2.14 square miles (5.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cherrystone Creek |
• average | 3.00 cu ft/s (0.085 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 | Chatham Hall Circle, Haifax Road, US 29 |
Tanyard Branch is a 1.78 mi (2.86 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Tanyard Branch forms the southeast boundary of Chatham, Virginia.