Tompkins Branch

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]

Tompkins Branch Tributary to Pudding Creek
Location of Tompkins Branch mouth Show map of Virginia Tompkins Branch (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Pittsylvania
Physical characteristics
Source	Morris Branch divide
• location	pond about 2 miles northeast of Woods Store, Virginia
• coordinates	36°45′00″N 079°30′20″W[1]
• elevation	820 ft (250 m)[2]
Mouth
• location	about 0.5 miles northwest of Hopewell, Virginia
• coordinates	36°45′14″N 079°28′54″W[1]
• elevation	675 ft (206 m)[3]
Length	1.61 mi (2.59 km)[4]
Basin size	0.88 square miles (2.3 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	Pudding Creek
• average	1.28 cu ft/s (0.036 m3/s) at mouth with Pudding Creek[5]
Basin features
Progression	Pudding Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Roanoke River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Maurakis Road, Irish Road

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

• List of Virginia Rivers