Whitethorn Creek is a long
4th order tributary to the
Banister River
The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on ...
in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 60,501. Chatham is the county seat.
Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...
. The Whitehorn Creek watershed and its tributary, Mill Creek, are the location of one of the largest uranium deposits in the United States on Cole Hill.
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:
* Whitehorn Creek
Course
Whitethorn Creek rises about 0.5 miles south-southeast of
Pickerel, Virginia
Pickerel is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Pittsylvania County, Virgin ...
and then flows southeast to join the
Banister River
The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on ...
at Markham.
Watershed
Whitethorn Creek drains of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 432.34, and is about 46% forested.
See also
*
List of Virginia Rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ...
External links
Water Quality Data from USGS
References
Rivers of Virginia
Rivers of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Tributaries of the Roanoke River
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