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Skin Cabin Creek
Map of Skin Cabin Creek mouth location
Map of Skin Cabin Creek mouth location
Map of Skin Cabin Creek mouth location
Map of Skin Cabin Creek mouth location
Location of Skin Cabin Creek mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to Ararat River
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Surry
Physical characteristics
Main source divide of unnamed tributary to Ararat River
pond at Pine Hill, North Carolina
1,110 ft (340 m)
36°21′02″N 080°34′52″W / 36.35056°N 80.58111°W / 36.35056; -80.58111
River mouth Ararat River
about 3 miles southeast of Pine Hill, North Carolina
815 ft (248 m)
36°20′01″N 080°32′50″W / 36.33361°N 80.54722°W / 36.33361; -80.54722
Length 3.34 mi (5.38 km)
Basin features
Progression generally southeast
River system Yadkin River
Basin size 2.84 square miles (7.4 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    unnamed tributaries
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries
Bridges Stanford Church Road

Skin Cabin Creek is a 3.34 mi (5.38 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Course

Skin Cabin Creek rises in a pond on the divide of an unnamed tributary to the Ararat River at Pine Hill, North Carolina. Skin Cabin Creek then flows south and then east to join the Ararat River about 3 miles southeast of Pine Hill.

Watershed

Skin Cabin Creek drains 2.84 square miles (7.4 km2) of area, receives about 47.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 314.53, and is about 62% forested.

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