Cherrystone Creek

{{Short description|Stream in Virginia, US}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Cherrystone Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Tributary to Banister River | name_etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Virginia#USA | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cherrystone Creek mouth | pushpin_map_alt = Map of Cherrystone Creek mouth location  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Virginia | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = Pittsylvania | subdivision_type4 = City | subdivision_name4 = Chatham | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|13.36|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location = Banister River | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|57.03|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Banister River<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=Cherrystone Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=8712275 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Potter Creek divide | source1_location = about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia | source1_coordinates = {{coord|36|55|01|N|079|27|56|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Cherrystone Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1464789,Cherrystone%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|970|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="STopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.9057/-79.4707 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=11 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | mouth_location = about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill, Virginia | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36|48|26|N|079|20|23|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|558|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="MTopoview">{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.8025/-79.3389 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=11 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | progression = Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean | river_system = Roanoke River | basin_size = {{convert|45.52|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/> | basin_population = | tributaries_left = Pole Bridge Branch<br />Whites Branch<br />Tanyard Branch<br />Little Cherrystone Creek | tributaries_right = Roaring Fork<br />Green Rock Branch | waterbodies = Cherrystone Lake | bridges = Old Red Eye Road, Anderson Mill Road, Hodnetts Mill Road, VA 57, US 29, Davis Road, Fairview Road | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''Cherrystone Creek''' is a {{convert|13.36|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 3rd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>

== Course == Cherrystone Creek rises about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia, and then flows southeast and turns northeast to join the Banister River about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill.<ref name="MTopoview"/>

== Watershed == Cherrystone Creek drains {{convert|45.52|sqmi}} of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 398.40, and is about 46% forested.<ref name="watershed"/>

== See also == * List of Virginia Rivers

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Rivers of Virginia Category:Rivers of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Category:Tributaries of the Roanoke River