Lovills Creek
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| Lovills Creek Tributary to Ararat River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Lovills Creek mouth  Lovills Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina Virginia |
| County | Surry Carroll |
| Cities | Mount Airy |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Pine Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles east of Wards Gap |
| • coordinates | 36°40′18″N 080°37′06″W / 36.67167°N 80.61833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,615 ft (797 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Ararat River |
• location | Mount Airy, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°28′33″N 080°37′06″W / 36.47583°N 80.61833°W[1] |
• elevation | 975 ft (297 m)[2] |
| Length | 17.24 mi (27.75 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 35.97 square miles (93.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ararat River |
| • average | 57.00 cu ft/s (1.614 m3/s) at mouth with Ararat River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Yadkin River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | School House Creek |
| • right | Waterfall Branch Elk Spur Branch Halls Branch Rocky Creek |
| Waterbodies | Lovill's Creek Lake |
| Bridges | Cherry Crest Drive, Wards Gap Road, Crotts Hollow Road, Epworth Road, Fish Lake Road, Greenhill Road, US 52, W Independence Boulevard, NC 89, Worth Street, Rockford Street, US 52, Carter Street |
Lovills Creek is a 17.24 mi (27.75 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Lovel Creek
- Lovels Creek
- Lovets Creek
- Loving Creek
Course
Lovills Creek rises about 0.5 miles east of Wards Gap on the Pine Creek divide in Carroll County, Virginia. Lovills Creek than flows south into Surry County, North Carolina to join the Ararat River at Mount Airy.[2]