Bye Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Banister River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bye Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Bye Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Halifax Pittsylvania |
Length: | 6.87miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Banister River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 13.35cuft/s at mouth with Banister River[2] |
Source1: | Elkhorn Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | spring about 0.25 miles southwest of Chaneys Store, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.8433°N -79.1531°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 600feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles north-northwest of Meadville, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.8517°N -79.0431°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 360feet[5] |
Progression: | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Leda Road, Beulah Road |
Bye Creek is a 6.87miles long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Halifax County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Bye Creek rises in a spring about 0.25 miles southwest of Chaneys Store, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows generally east into Halifax County to join the Banister River about 1.5 miles north-northwest of Meadville.[5]
Bye Creek drains of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 374.04, and is about 55% forested.[2]