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Pauls Creek (Stewarts Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 36°30′14″N 080°40′04″W / 36.50389°N 80.66778°W / 36.50389; -80.66778
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Pauls Creek
Tributary to Stewarts Creek
Map of Pauls Creek mouth location
Map of Pauls Creek mouth location
Location of Pauls Creek mouth
Map of Pauls Creek mouth location
Map of Pauls Creek mouth location
Pauls Creek (Stewarts Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
Virginia
CountySurry
Carroll County
CityFancy Gap
Physical characteristics
Sourceunnamed tributary to Reed Island Creek divide
 • locationFancy Gap, Virginia
 • coordinates36°39′14″N 080°40′04″W / 36.65389°N 80.66778°W / 36.65389; -80.66778[1]
 • elevation2,800 ft (850 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
about 1 mile west of Toast, North Carolina
 • coordinates
36°30′14″N 080°40′04″W / 36.50389°N 80.66778°W / 36.50389; -80.66778[1]
 • elevation
1,040 ft (320 m)[3]
Length15.03 mi (24.19 km)[4]
Basin size28.62 square miles (74.1 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationStewarts Creek
 • average47.48 cu ft/s (1.344 m3/s) at mouth with Stewarts Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionStewarts CreekArarat RiverYadkin RiverPee Dee RiverWinyah BayAtlantic Ocean
River systemYadkin River
Tributaries 
 • leftYankee Branch
Brushy Fork
 • rightGarners Creek
Little Pauls Creek
BridgesUS 52, Rocky Ford Road (x2), Pauls Creek Road, Flower Gap Road, Peakview Road, Apple Ridge Road, Reinhardt Lane, Brushy Fork Road, Miller Road, Pipers Gap Road, Sparger Road

Pauls Creek is a 15.03 mi (24.19 km) long 3rd order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.

Variant names

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According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Garners Creek
  • Little Pauls Creek

Course

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Pauls Creek rises at Fancy Gap, Virginia, in Carroll County and then flows south-southeast into Surry County, North Carolina to join Stewarts Creek about 1 mile west of Toast, North Carolina.[3]

Watershed

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Pauls Creek drains 28.62 square miles (74.1 km2) of area, receives about 50.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 318.13, and is about 65% forested.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Pauls Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Pauls Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 July 2021.