Benson Creek is a long 1st
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 ...
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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:
*Dinfield Creek
Course
Benson Creek rises in a pond about 4 miles east-northeast of Crooked Oak, North Carolina and then flows 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 ...
about 2 miles west-northwest of
Toast, North Carolina
Toast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, just west of Mount Airy. The population was 1,922 at the 2000 census.
A post office called Toast has been in operation since 1929. The name "Toast" was sup ...
.
Watershed
Benson Creek drains of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 324.48, and is about 57% 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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