Long Branch (Clarks Creek tributary)

Stream in Virginia, USA

Long Branch

Tributary to Clarks Creek

Location of Long Branch mouth

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Long Branch (Clarks Creek tributary) (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States
State| Virginia
County| Patrick
Physical characteristics
Source| Silverleaf Creek divide
• location| about 3 miles southeast of Ararat, Virginia
• coordinates| 36°34′12″N 080°29′54″W﻿ / ﻿36.57000°N 80.49833°W﻿ / 36.57000; -80.49833[1]
• elevation| 1.490 ft (0.454 m)[2]
Mouth|

• location

| about 1.5 miles south of The Hollow

• coordinates

| 36°34′00″N 080°31′50″W﻿ / ﻿36.56667°N 80.53056°W﻿ / 36.56667; -80.53056[1]

• elevation

| 1,160 ft (350 m)[3]
Length| 2.35 mi (3.78 km)[4]
Basin size| 1.59 square miles (4.1 km2)[5]
Discharge|
• location| Clarks Creek
• average| 2.78 cu ft/s (0.079 m3/s) at mouth with Clarks Creek[5]
Basin features
Progression| Clarks Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system| Yadkin River
Tributaries|
• left| unnamed tributaries
• right| unnamed tributaries
Bridges| Long Branch Road

Long Branch is a 2.35 mi (3.78 km) long 1st order tributary to Clarks Creek in Patrick County, Virginia.

## Course

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Long Branch rises about 1.5 miles south of The Hollow in Patrick County, Virginia and then flows generally east to join Clarks Creek about 3 miles southeast of Ararat.[3]

## Watershed

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Long Branch drains 1.58 square miles (4.1 km2) of area, receives about49.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 280.40, and is about 72% forested.[5]

## See also

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* List of Virginia Rivers

## References

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1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Long Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
5. ^ a b c "Long Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

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