Bar Branch is a 3.36 mi (5.41 km) long 1st order tributary to Sandy Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
| Bar Branch Tributary to Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Bar Branch mouth  Bar Branch (Sandy Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | unnamed tributary to Birch Creek divide |
| • location | about 2 miles west of Red Oak Hollow, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°43′36″N 079°13′07″W / 36.72667°N 79.21861°W[1] |
| • elevation | 650 ft (200 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile southwest of Pickaway, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°45′48″N 079°11′50″W / 36.76333°N 79.19722°W[1] |
• elevation | 479 ft (146 m)[3] |
| Length | 3.36 mi (5.41 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 3.41 square miles (8.8 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Sandy Creek |
| • average | 4.47 cu ft/s (0.127 m3/s) at mouth with Sandy Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sandy Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Bair Branch Road |
Course
editBar Branch rises about 2 miles west of Red Oak Hollow, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows northeast to join Sandy Creek about 1 mile southwest of Pickaway.[3]
Watershed
editBar Branch drains 3.41 square miles (8.8 km2) of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 347.97, and is about 53% forested.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Bar Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bar Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2021.