Lick Branch Tributary to Sandy Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Birch Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles west of Red Oak Hollow, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°43′26″N 079°13′33″W / 36.72389°N 79.22583°W [1] |
• elevation | 650 ft (200 m) [2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile south of Pickaway, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°43′47″N 079°11′22″W / 36.72972°N 79.18944°W [1] |
• elevation | 478 ft (146 m) [3] |
Length | 3.68 mi (5.92 km) [4] |
Basin size | 4.87 square miles (12.6 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sandy Creek |
• average | 6.27 cu ft/s (0.178 m3/s) at mouth with Sandy Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sandy 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 | Randolph Drive |
Lick Branch is a 3.68 mi (5.92 km) long 2nd order tributary to Sandy Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Lick Branch rises about 2 miles west of Red Oak Hollow, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows northeast to join Sandy Creek about 1 mile south of Pickaway. [3]
Lick Branch drains 4.02 square miles (10.4 km2) of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 372.40, and is about 54% forested. [5]