Wet Sleeve Creek is a 5.87 mi (9.45 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Wet Sleeve Creek Tributary to Banister River
Location of Wet Sleeve Creek mouth Show map of Virginia Wet Sleeve Creek (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Pittsylvania
Physical characteristics
Source	Sailor Creek divide (Brier Mountain)
• location	pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia
• coordinates	36°49′44″N 079°34′41″W[1]
• elevation	980 ft (300 m)[2]
Mouth
• location	about 0.5 miles north of Banister, Virginia
• coordinates	36°46′54″N 079°31′52″W[1]
• elevation	659 ft (201 m)[3]
Length	5.87 mi (9.45 km)[4]
Basin size	4.38 square miles (11.3 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	Banister River
• average	6.04 cu ft/s (0.171 m3/s) at mouth with Banister River[5]
Basin features
Progression	Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Roanoke River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Wet Sleeve Creek Road, Gap Road

Course

Wet Sleeve Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Callands, Virginia and then flows south and then east to join the Banister River about 0.5 miles north of Banister.[3]

Watershed

Wet Sleeve Creek drains 4.38 square miles (11.3 km²) of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 346.31, and is about 51% forested.[5]

See also

• List of Virginia Rivers

References