Burkes Creek (Stewarts Creek tributary)
{{Short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Burkes Creek
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| name_other = Tributary to Stewarts Creek
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| map_size = 300
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Burkes Creek mouth
| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Burkes Creek mouth location
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = North Carolina
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = Surry
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| length = {{convert|2.48|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{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=12 July 2021}}
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| discharge1_location = Stewarts Creek
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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|4.46|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Stewarts Creek{{cite web |title=Burkes Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=9244986 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=13 July 2021}}
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| source1 = Jackson Creek divide
| source1_location = pond about 3 miles northwest of White Plains, North Carolina
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|36|27|19|N|080|40|07|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Burkes Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1731542,Burkes%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=13 July 2021}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|1,220|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.4543/-80.6675 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=13 July 2021 |language=en}}
| mouth_location = about 0.5 miles southwest of Mount Airy, North Carolina
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36|27|19|N|080|40|07|W|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|991|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.4563/-80.6402 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=13 July 2021 |language=en}}
| progression = Stewarts Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean
| river_system = Yadkin River
| basin_size = {{convert|7.11|sqmi}}
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| tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries
| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries
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| bridges = I-74, McKinney Road, Piedmont Triad West Drive, Scott Bunker Road
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Burkes Creek is a {{convert|2.48|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 2nd order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.
Course
Burkes Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles northwest of White Plains, North Carolina, in Surry County and then flows east-northeast to join Stewarts Creek about 0.5 miles southwest of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Watershed
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of Surry County, North Carolina
Category:Rivers of North Carolina
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