Beech Creek is a long 2nd
order tributary to
Stewarts Creek Stewart's or Stewarts can refer to:
* Stewart's Fountain Classics, brand of soft drink
**Stewart's Restaurants, chain of restaurants where the soft drink was originally sold
* Stewart's wilt, bacterial disease affecting maize
* Stewart's (departmen ...
in
Surry County, North Carolina
Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest city is Mount Airy.
Surry county comprises the Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan St ...
.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
, it has also been known historically as:
*Beach Creek
Course
Beech Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles south of
Red Brush, North Carolina
Red Brush is an unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The community is roughly centered on the junction of Interstate 74
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Interstate 74 (I-74) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeaste ...
, in Surry County and then flows east-southeast to join
Stewarts Creek Stewart's or Stewarts can refer to:
* Stewart's Fountain Classics, brand of soft drink
**Stewart's Restaurants, chain of restaurants where the soft drink was originally sold
* Stewart's wilt, bacterial disease affecting maize
* Stewart's (departmen ...
on the west side of
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,611.
History
Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem, North Carolina an ...
.
Watershed
Beech Creek drains of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 366.84, and is about 28% forested.
See also
*
List of Rivers of North Carolina
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
* North Landing Rive ...
References
Rivers of Surry County, North Carolina
Rivers of North Carolina
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