Aarons Creek (Dan River tributary)
Aarons Creek is a 27.74 mi (44.64 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Dan River in Halifax County, Virginia. Aarons Creek forms the boundary of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia up to the Dan River.
| Aarons Creek Tributary to Dan River | |
|---|---|
Location of Aarons Creek mouth Aarons Creek (Dan River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| Counties (VA) | Halifax Mecklenburg |
| Counties (NC) | Granville Person |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tar River divide |
| • location | pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 36°25′31″N 078°48′04″W |
| • elevation | 605 ft (184 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°40′29″N 078°42′04″W |
• elevation | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Length | 27.74 mi (44.64 km) |
| Basin size | 67.01 square miles (173.6 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dan River |
| • average | 74.91 cu ft/s (2.121 m3/s) at mouth with Dan River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Crooked Fork Wolfpit Run Mountain Branch Big Mountain Branch North Fork |
| • right | Perkins Branch Big Branch |
| Bridges | Thomas Green Road, Rosemary Way, Raymond Royster Road, Aaron Creek Church Road, NC 96, Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road, VA 49, Willards Mill Road, White House Road, US 58 |
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