Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

School House Creek (Lovills Creek tributary)

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 5 min
School House Creek
Tributary to Lovills Creek
Map of School House Creek mouth location
Map of School House Creek mouth location
Location of School House Creek mouth
Map of School House Creek mouth location
Map of School House Creek mouth location
School House Creek (Lovills Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountySurry
Physical characteristics
Sourceunnamed tributary to Johnson Creek divide
 • locationabout 1 mile north of Mount Airy, North Carolina
 • coordinates36°53′20″N 080°36′49″W / 36.88889°N 80.61361°W / 36.88889; -80.61361[1]
 • elevation1,290 ft (390 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
about 0.5 miles west of Salem, North Carolina
 • coordinates
36°32′19″N 080°37′17″W / 36.53861°N 80.62139°W / 36.53861; -80.62139[1]
 • elevation
1,063 ft (324 m)[2]
Length1.56 mi (2.51 km)[3]
Basin size1.10 square miles (2.8 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationLovills Creek
 • average1.73 cu ft/s (0.049 m3/s) at mouth with Lovills Creek[4]
Basin features
ProgressionLovills Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River systemYadkin River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesCross Creek Drive, Greenhill Road

School House Creek is a 1.56 mi (2.51 km) long 1st order tributary to Lovills Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.

Course

[edit]

School House Creek rises about 1 mile north of Mount Airy, North Carolina in Surry County and then flows south and then southwest to join Lovills Creek about 0.5 miles west of Salem.[2]

Watershed

[edit]

School House Creek drains 1.10 square miles (2.8 km2) of area, receives about 47.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 329.52, and is about 53% forested.[4]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - School House Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "School House Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 July 2021.


This article related to a river in North Carolina is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_House_Creek_(Lovills_Creek_tributary)
1 |
↧ Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF