Toms Creek (Ararat River tributary)
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| Toms Creek Tributary to Ararat River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Toms Creek mouth  Toms Creek (Ararat River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Surry |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Big Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles west of Woodville, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 36°30′06″N 080°29′09″W / 36.50167°N 80.48583°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,390 ft (420 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Ararat River |
• location | about 5 miles northeast of Pine Hill, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°22′27″N 080°32′21″W / 36.37417°N 80.53917°W[1] |
• elevation | 878 ft (268 m)[2] |
| Length | 16.10 mi (25.91 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 38.44 square miles (99.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ararat River |
| • average | 52.95 cu ft/s (1.499 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 | Chinquapin Creek Heatherly Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Loves Lake |
| Bridges | Cain Road, Alei Lane, Toms Creek Church Road, Galloway Ridge Trail, Cleo Cain Road, Jessup Grove Church Road, Matthews Road, US 52, W Dodson Mill Road, Cliffside Trail, Toms Creek Road |
Toms Creek is a 16.10 mi (25.91 km) long 4th order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.
Toms Creek rises on the Big Creek divide about 0.25 miles west of Woodville, North Carolina. Toms Creek then flows south before turning southwest to join the Ararat River at about 5 miles northeast of Pine Hill.[2]