Wet Sleeve Creek Tributary to Banister River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sailor Creek divide (Brier Mountain) |
• location | pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°49′44″N 079°34′41″W / 36.82889°N 79.57806°W[1] |
• elevation | 980 ft (300 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Banister, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°46′54″N 079°31′52″W / 36.78167°N 79.53111°W[1] |
• elevation | 659 ft (201 m)[3] |
Length | 5.87 mi (9.45 km)[4] |
Basin size | 4.38 square miles (11.3 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Banister River |
• average | 6.04 cu ft/s (0.171 m3/s) at mouth with Banister River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Wet Sleeve Creek Road, Gap Road |
Wet Sleeve Creek is a 5.87 mi (9.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]