Pensions Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Hyco River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pensions Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Pensions Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Halifax |
Length: | 2.58miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Hyco River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.85cuft/s at mouth with Hyco River[2] |
Source1: | Larkin Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 1 mile north of Larrys Store, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.6169°N -78.795°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 395feet[4] |
Mouth: | Hyco River |
Mouth Location: | about 2 miles south-southeast of Omega, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.6414°N -78.7942°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 315feet |
Progression: | Hyco River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound |
River System: | Roanoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | unnamed road |
Pensions Branch is a 2.58miles long 1st order tributary to the Hyco River in Halifax County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Pensions Branch rises in a pond about 1 mile north of Larrys Store, Virginia and then flows generally north with curves to join the Hyco River about 2 miles south-southeast of Omega.[4]
Pensions Branch drains of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 410.25, and is about 52% forested.[2]