Stoney Creek (Ararat River Tributary)
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Stoney Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the
Ararat River The Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States.DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Yadkin it is part of th ...
in Surry County, North Carolina.


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: *Isaacs Creek *Stony Creek


Course

Stoney Creek rises on the Toms Creek divide about 2 miles southeast of
Sheltontown, North Carolina Sheltontown (or Shelton Town) is an unincorporated community located along North Carolina Highway 89 (Westfield Road) in northeast Surry County, North Carolina, United States, near the city of Mount Airy, just east of Bannertown. The community ...
. Stoney Creek then flows southwest to join the
Ararat River The Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States.DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Yadkin it is part of th ...
about 3 miles north of
Ararat, North Carolina Ararat is an unincorporated community in the Long Hill Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Ararat is situated on, and is named for, the Ararat River . Ararat is along the former Atlantic & Yadkin Railway line from Mount Air ...
.


Watershed

Stoney Creek drains of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 354.23, and is about 45% 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 North Carolina Rivers of Surry County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-river-stub