Stony Creek (Virginia)

Stony Creek is a 21-mile-long (34 km) tributary of the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia of the United States. The creek is formed by the confluence of Butterwood Creek and White Oak Creek in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.[4]

Stony Creek (Virginia)
Tributary to Nottoway River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountySussex
Dinwiddie
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Butterwood Creek and White Oak Creek
  locationabout 1/2 mile SW of Center Star, Virginia
  coordinates37°05′06″N 77°39′46″W[1]
  elevationabout 172 feet amsl
MouthConfluence of Stony Creek and the Nottoway River
  location
Stony Creek, Virginia
  coordinates
36°56′51″N 77°22′50″W[2]
  elevation
about 60 feet amsl
Length21 miles/34 kilometers from the confluence of Butterwood Creek and White Oak Creek[3]
Basin features
Progressionsoutheast
River systemNottoway River
Tributaries 
  leftWhite Oak Creek
Seat Island Branch
Chamberlains Bed
  rightButterwood Creek
Rocky Run Creek
Hawkins Run
Mortar Branch
Black Branch
Sappony Creek
WaterbodiesRichardsons Pond
BridgesDinwiddie County 645
Dinwiddie County 647
US 1
I-85
Dinwiddie County 619
Dinwiddie County 609
Dinwiddie County 609
Dinwiddie County 670
Dinwiddie County 680
Sussex County 618
US 301
I-95

Course

Stony Creek flows east then south from the Butterwood-White Oak Creek confluence west of the town of Dinwiddie, Virginia. It then flows east again south of Dinwiddie going under US 1 and I-85. Stony Creek flows east and south to just north of VA 40 where it picks up a large tributary, Sappony Creek. From here it flows a short distance east through Stony Creek, Virginia to its confluence with the Nottoway River.[5]

Sources

Stony Creek is formed at the confluence of Butterwood Creek and White Oak Creek in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Butterwood Creek is actually longer than Stony Creek at 25 miles in length and arises near Wellville, Virginia at an elevation of nearly 400 feet asml. Butterwood Creek then flows east through swampy areas to join White Oak Creek. White Oak Creek also arises at about 400 feet asml and about a 1/2 mile east of Butterwood Creek near Wilsons, Virginia. White Oak Creek then flows east to Colemans Lake and then takes a bend south to join Butterwood Creek.[6]

Watershed

The watershed of Stony Creek is punctuated by swampy areas and narrow floodplains. It starts in the Piedmont of Virginia and flows east and south through a small gorge to the Coastal Plain southeast of Dinwiddie, Virginia. Once in the Coastal Plain it widens out and acquires a wide floodplain with fringing swamps.[7]

River Modifications

Stony Creek does not have any named impoundments directly on its course. However, a number of its tributaries contain impoundments. These include Twin Lakes on Butterwood Creek, Winfields Millpond and Spiers Pond on Sappony Creek and Richardsons Pond on an unnamed tributary. Stony Creek flows under eleven bridges from the Butterwood-White Oak Creek confluence to the Nottoway River.

Geology

Stony Creek flows from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain of Virginia. The forming confluence is at the edge of mafic and felsic rocks metavolcanic rocks and the Petersburg Granite. Petersburg Granite underlies most of the course and once in the Coastal Plain, it flows a short distance through the Windsor Formation and then through alluvium to the Nottoway River.

See also

References

  1. "GNIS Detail - Stony Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. "GNIS Detail - Stony Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. "Butterwood Lake Topo Map, Nottoway County VA (Blackstone East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. "Butterwood Lake Topo Map, Nottoway County VA (Blackstone East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC.
  6. "Butterwood Lake Topo Map, Nottoway County VA (Blackstone East Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC.
  7. "ArcGIS Web Application". www.dmme.virginia.gov. Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  • USGS Geographic Names Information Service
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
  • Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.


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