Catoctin Creek (Virginia)
Catoctin Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
Region | Loudoun County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Waterford |
• coordinates | 39°12′35″N 77°37′16″W / 39.2098253°N 77.6211015°W |
Mouth | Potomac River |
• location | Point of Rocks, Maryland |
• coordinates | 39°16′32″N 77°33′04″W / 39.2756576°N 77.5510994°W |
• elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
Length | 14 mi (23 km) |
Basin size | 92.54 sq mi (239.7 km2) |
Basin features | |
River system | Potomac River |
Tributaries | |
• left | South Fork Catoctin Creek |
• right | North Fork Catoctin Creek |
Catoctin Creek is a 14.1-mile-long (22.7 km)[1] tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia, with a watershed of 59,000 acres (240 km2). Agricultural lands make up 67 percent and forests 30 percent of Catoctin Creek's watershed. It is the main drainage system for the northern Loudoun Valley, including all of the Catoctin Valley.
Course
The main arteries consist of the Catoctin and its North and South Forks.
North Fork Catoctin Creek
The North Fork Catoctin Creek, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) long,
South Fork Catoctin Creek
The source of the 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km)[1] South Fork Catoctin Creek is just east of the Blue Ridge's Wilson Gap on the West Virginia border. From the source the South Fork flows southeast toward Purcellville, where it turns north and east toward Waterford, where it flows north again to its confluence with the North Fork.
Main Branch
The main branch of Catoctin Creek is formed by the confluence of its forks along the western edges of
See also
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011