Lovills Creek is a 17.24 mi (27.75 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Variant names

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

  • Lovel Creek
  • Lovels Creek
  • Lovets Creek
  • Loving Creek

Course

Lovills Creek rises about 0.5 miles east of Wards Gap on the Pine Creek divide in Carroll County, Virginia. Lovills Creek than flows south into Surry County, North Carolina to join the Ararat River at Mount Airy.[2]

Watershed

Lovills Creek drains 35.97 square miles (93.2 km2) of area, receives about 49.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 318.89, and is about 57% forested.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Lovills Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Lovills Creek Topo Map in Surry". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Lovills Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 September 2020.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovills_Creek
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