Maggotty Creek
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| Maggotty Creek Tributary to Stinking River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Maggotty Creek mouth  Maggotty Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | North Fork Stinking River divide |
| • location | Natal, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°59′06″N 079°15′44″W / 36.98500°N 79.26222°W[1] |
| • elevation | 742 ft (226 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Greenfield, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°57′57″N 079°14′59″W / 36.96583°N 79.24972°W[1] |
• elevation | 565 ft (172 m)[3] |
| Length | 3.17 mi (5.10 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 2.62 square miles (6.8 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Stinking River |
| • average | 3.52 cu ft/s (0.100 m3/s) at mouth with Stinking River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Stinking River → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | none |
Maggotty Creek is a 3.17 mi (5.10 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Stinking River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Maggotty Creek rises in Natal, Virginia and then flows southeast and then turns southwest to join the Stinking River about 1 mile northeast of Greenfield.[3]