Tompkins Branch

Tompkins Branch
Tributary to Pudding Creek
Location of Tompkins Branch mouth
Tompkins Branch (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyPittsylvania
Physical characteristics
SourceMorris Branch divide
 • locationpond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia
 • coordinates36°45′00″N 079°30′20″W / 36.75000°N 79.50556°W / 36.75000; -79.50556[1]
 • elevation820 ft (250 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell, Virginia
 • coordinates
36°45′14″N 079°28′54″W / 36.75389°N 79.48167°W / 36.75389; -79.48167[1]
 • elevation
675 ft (206 m)[3]
Length1.61 mi (2.59 km)[4]
Basin size0.88 square miles (2.3 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationPudding Creek
 • average1.28 cu ft/s (0.036 m3/s) at mouth with Pudding Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionPudding CreekBanister RiverDan RiverRoanoke RiverAlbemarle SoundPamlico SoundAtlantic Ocean
River systemRoanoke River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesMaurakis Road, Irish Road

Tompkins Branch is a 1.61 mi (2.59 km) long 1st order tributary to the Pudding Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

Tompkins Branch rises in a pond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia, and then flows generally east to join Pudding Creek about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell.[3]

Watershed

Tompkins Branch drains 0.88 square miles (2.3 km2) of area, receives about 45.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 446.94, and is about 40% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Tompkins Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Tompkins Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 August 2021.