Roaring Fork (Cherrystone Creek tributary)
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| Roaring Fork Tributary to Cherrystone Creek | |
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  Location of Roaring Fork mouth  Roaring Fork (Cherrystone Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Harpen Creek divide |
| • location | Climax, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°53′11″N 079°29′15″W / 36.88639°N 79.48750°W[1] |
| • elevation | 890 ft (270 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°50′44″N 079°25′47″W / 36.84556°N 79.42972°W[1] |
• elevation | 640 ft (200 m)[3] |
| Length | 4.65 mi (7.48 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 5.61 square miles (14.5 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cherrystone Creek |
| • average | 7.89 cu ft/s (0.223 m3/s) at mouth with Cherrystone Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cherrystone 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 | Walkers Well Road, Cherrystone Lake Road |
Roaring Fork is a 4.69 mi (7.55 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Roaring Fork rises in Climax, Virginia and then flows southeast to join Cherrystone Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Chatham.[3]