Rocky Creek (Lovills Creek tributary)

{{Short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Rocky Creek

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| name_other = Tributary to Lovills Creek

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| pushpin_map = USA North Carolina#USA

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rocky Creek mouth

| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Rocky Creek mouth location

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = North Carolina

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Surry

| subdivision_type4 = City

| subdivision_name4 = Mount Airy

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| length = {{convert|2.22|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=22 July 2021}}

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| discharge1_location = Lovills Creek

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|2.64|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Lovills Creek{{cite web |title=Rocky Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=9244294 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=22 July 2021}}

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| source1 = Pauls Creek divide

| source1_location = about 1 mile north of Toast, North Carolina

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|36|32|02|N|080|38|36|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Rocky Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1731648,Rocky%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=22 July 2021}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1,200|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.5286/-80.6501 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=en}}

| mouth_location = Mount Airy, North Carolina

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36|30|38|N|080|37|17|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1,024|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Get Maps |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/36.5120/-80.6227 |website=USGS Topoview |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=en}}

| progression = Lovills Creek → Ararat River → Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean

| river_system = Yadkin River

| basin_size = {{convert|1.74|sqmi}}

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| tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries

| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries

| waterbodies = City Lake

| bridges = Boggs Drive, Westlake Drive, US 52, Hickory Street

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Rocky Creek is a {{convert|2.22|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 1st order tributary to Lovills Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.