Poplar Branch (Mill Creek tributary)
| Poplar Branch Tributary to Mill Creek | |
|---|---|
Location of Poplar Branch mouth Poplar Branch (Mill Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mill Creek divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles south-southwest of Gretna Rolling Mill, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°52′52″N 079°21′47″W / 36.88111°N 79.36306°W |
| • elevation | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Gretna Rolling Mill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°52′49″N 079°20′00″W / 36.88028°N 79.33333°W |
• elevation | 598 ft (182 m) |
| Length | 0.85 mi (1.37 km) |
| Basin size | 1.02 square miles (2.6 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mill Creek |
| • average | 1.48 cu ft/s (0.042 m3/s) at mouth with Mill Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mill Creek → Whitethorn 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 | none |
Poplar Branch is a 0.85 mi (1.37 km) long 1st order tributary to Mill Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.