Peters Creek (Allen Creek tributary)
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| Peters Creek Tributary to Allen Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Peters Creek mouth  Peters Creek (Allen Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania Halifax |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cow Creek divide |
| • location | pond at Cody, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°58′22″N 079°05′51″W / 36.97278°N 79.09750°W[1] |
| • elevation | 660 ft (200 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles west-northwest of Hermosa, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°56′22″N 079°08′25″W / 36.93944°N 79.14028°W[1] |
• elevation | 405 ft (123 m)[3] |
| Length | 3.42 mi (5.50 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 2.82 square miles (7.3 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Allen Creek |
| • average | 3.70 cu ft/s (0.105 m3/s) at mouth with Allen Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Allen Creek → 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 |
Peters Creek is a 3.42 mi (5.50 km) long 2nd order tributary to Allen Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Peters Creek rises in a pond at Cody, Virginia in Halifax County and then flows southwest into Pittsylvania County to join Allen Creek about 0.5 miles west-northwest of Hermosa.[3]