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Three Creek

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37: 44: 380:. From the confluence, the creek flows east then south into Slagles Lake. After Slagles Lake it flows further south for about a mile and then flows roughly southeast and then northeast through swampland towards the Nottoway River. Three Creek forms the county boundary between Greensville and Sussex Counties for part of its course. 388:
Tryall Creek rises from about 290 feet amsl near Pleasant Grove Church and flows northeast to meet Cooks Branch. Cooks Branch rises near Smoky Ordinary at about 315 feet amsl and flows east then south to meet with Tryall Creek. Cooks Branch has one tributary called Kettlestick Branch that comes in
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Three Creek drains a mostly forested watershed and contains a lot of swampland towards the Nottoway River. Agriculture makes a large amount of the rest of the area.
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Three Creek has one impoundment, Slagles Lake along its course. A number of the tributaries have their own impoundments.
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in the Bacon Castle Formation and then for most of its length, especially the swampy areas it is in alluvium.
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of Virginia in mafic and felsic metavolcanic rocks. Both tributaries arise in
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Three Creek is formed at the confluence of Tryall Creek and Cooks Branch in
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Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds. (1994).
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The confluence of Tryall Creek and Cooks Branch is in the
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is a nearly 47 mile (75.4 km) long tributary of the
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USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
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Location of the mouth of Three Creek
36°47′16″N 077°38′13″W / 36.78778°N 77.63694°W / 36.78778; -77.63694
Mouth
Nottoway River
36°46′53″N 077°09′50″W / 36.78139°N 77.16389°W / 36.78139; -77.16389
River system
Nottoway River
Virginia
United States
Greensville County, Virginia
Piedmont
granite
granite gneiss
Coastal Plain
List of rivers of Virginia
"GNIS Detail - Three Creek"
"GNIS Detail - Three Creek"
"ArcGIS Web Application"
"Butterwood Lake Topo Map, Nottoway County VA (Blackstone East Area)"
"THREE CREEK, MILL SWAMP, AND DARDEN MILL RUN WATERSHEDS TMDL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TECHNICAL REPORT"
"ArcGIS Web Application"
USGS Geographic Names Information Service
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0-88490-177-7
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