Photos • Location
| Aarons Creek Tributary to Dan River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Aarons Creek mouth  Aarons Creek (Dan River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| Counties (VA) |
Halifax Mecklenburg |
| Counties (NC) |
Granville Person |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tar River divide |
| • location | pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 36°25′31″N 078°48′04″W / 36.42528°N 78.80111°W [1] |
| • elevation | 605 ft (184 m) [2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°40′29″N 078°42′04″W / 36.67472°N 78.70111°W [1] |
• elevation | 300 ft (91 m) [3] |
| Length | 27.74 mi (44.64 km) [4] |
| Basin size | 67.01 square miles (173.6 km2) [5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dan River |
| • average | 74.91 cu ft/s (2.121 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 |
Crooked Fork Wolfpit Run Mountain Branch Big Mountain Branch North Fork |
| • right |
Perkins Branch Big Branch |
| Bridges | Thomas Green Road, Rosemary Way, Raymond Royster Road, Aaron Creek Church Road, NC 96, Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road, VA 49, Willards Mill Road, White House Road, US 58 |
Aarons Creek is a 27.74 mi (44.64 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Dan River in Halifax County, Virginia. Aarons Creek forms the boundary of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia up to the Dan River.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [6]
- Aaron Creek
- Aaron's Creek
- Crooked Fork
- Tewa-ho-mony Creek
- Tewahominy
- Tewakominy Creek
- Tewaw-hommini Creek
Course
Aarons Creek rises in a pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina, in Person County and then flows north-northeast through Granville County, North Carolina and into Virginia to join the Dan River about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek. [3]
Watershed
Aarons Creek drains 67.01 square miles (173.6 km2) of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 421.02, and is about 56% forested. [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Aarons Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Aarons Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ararat River