Fisher River (North Carolina)

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Fisher River
Tributary to Yadkin River
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Location of Fisher River mouth
Location
Country United States
State North Carolina
Virginia
Counties Surry (NC)
Grayson (VA)
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Fisher River and New River
  locationabout 1 mile east of Low Gap, Virginia
  coordinates 36°34′13″N080°52′03″W / 36.57028°N 80.86750°W / 36.57028; -80.86750 [1]
  elevation2,640 ft (800 m) [2]
Mouth Yadkin River
  location
Crutchfield, North Carolina [3]
  coordinates
36°16′02″N080°41′33″W / 36.26722°N 80.69250°W / 36.26722; -80.69250 Coordinates: 36°16′02″N080°41′33″W / 36.26722°N 80.69250°W / 36.26722; -80.69250 [1]
  elevation
840 ft (260 m) [2]
Length43.0 mi (69.2 km) [4]
Basin size164.27 square miles (425.5 km2)
Discharge 
  location Yadkin River
  average238.53 cu ft/s (6.754 m3/s) at mouth with Yadkin River [5]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally south
River system Yadkin River
Tributaries 
  left Camp Branch
Sage Creek
Little Fisher River
Cooks Creek
Horns Creek
Beaver Creek
Little Beaver Creek
Dunagan Creek
Davenport Creek
  right Gully Creek
Roaring Fork
Endicott Creek
Red Hill Creek
Flat Branch
Burris Creek
Cody Creek
Bear Creek
Pheasant Creek

The Fisher River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in northwestern North Carolina in the United States, also draining a very small portion of southwestern Virginia. [6] Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Big Fishers River," "Fish River" and "Fishe River." [7]

The Fisher River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern extremity of Grayson County, Virginia, but flows for nearly all of its length in Surry County, North Carolina, initially southeastwardly. Near Dobson, it collects the short Little Fisher River [8] and turns southward to its confluence with the Yadkin River, about 3 mi (5 km) north-northeast of Boonville. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Fisher River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Fisher River Topo Map, Surry County NC (Copeland Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. "Fisher River Topo Map, Surry County NC (Copeland Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. "Fisher River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 DeLorme (2001). North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN   0-89933-277-3
  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisher River
  8. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Fisher River