Lovills Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lovills Creek |
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Location of Lovills Creek mouth
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Other name(s) | Tributary to Ararat River |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina Virginia |
County | Surry Carroll |
Cities | Mount Airy |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | Pine Creek divide about 0.5 miles east of Wards Gap 2,615 ft (797 m) 36°40′18″N 080°37′06″W / 36.67167°N 80.61833°W |
River mouth | Ararat River Mount Airy, North Carolina 975 ft (297 m) 36°28′33″N 080°37′06″W / 36.47583°N 80.61833°W |
Length | 17.24 mi (27.75 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | south |
River system | Yadkin River |
Basin size | 35.97 square miles (93.2 km2) |
Tributaries |
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Waterbodies | Lovill's Creek Lake |
Bridges | Cherry Crest Drive, Wards Gap Road, Crotts Hollow Road, Epworth Road, Fish Lake Road, Greenhill Road, US 52, W Independence Boulevard, NC 89, Worth Street, Rockford Street, US 52, Carter Street |
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:
- 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.
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.
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