Geography Tool Shed : Virginia Rivers

United States Rivers

Virginia

River count	326
River miles	10,195

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Name	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Aarons Creek	15.6	16
Accokeek Creek	15.4	15
Accotink Creek	27.8	43
Allen Creek	28.2	28
Appomattox River	157.1	384
Aquia Creek	29.4	29
Ararat River	12.6	36
Assamoosick Swamp	22.8	23
Back Creek (Jackson River tributary)	41.6	57
Back Creek (New River tributary)	20	20
Back Creek (Potomac River tributary)	25.3	58
Back Creek (Roanoke River tributary)	26.2	26
Banister River	78.9	142
Barbours Creek	17.7	18
Beaver Creek (Holston River - South Fork tributary)	14.8	15
Beaverdam Creek (Goose Creek - North Fork (Potomac River tributary))	17.8	18
Beaverdam Creek (Laurel Creek tributary)	1.9	2
Beverly Run	15.8	16
Big Bluewing Creek	9.6	10
Big Chestnut Creek	28.4	28
Big Horse Creek	3.4	3
Big Lickinghole Creek	15.1	27
Big Moccasin Creek	55.6	56
Big Otter River	40.9	126
Big Reed Island Creek	57.7	170
Birch Creek	18.8	19
Blackwater Creek (Clinch River tributary)	9.5	10
Blackwater Creek (James River tributary)	10.5	32
Blackwater River (Chowan River tributary)	83.8	187
Blackwater River - North Fork (Roanoke River tributary)	12.5	13
Blackwater River (Roanoke River tributary)	58.1	124
Blackwater River - South Fork (Roanoke River tributary)	6.2	6
Blackwater Swamp	22.9	39
Bluestone Creek	27.4	43
Bluestone River	20.4	37
Briery Branch	15.9	16
Briery Creek	20.8	21
Broad Run (Occoquan River tributary)	38.2	54
Broad Run (Potomac River tributary)	18.9	19
Buffalo Creek (Appomattox River tributary)	21.1	21
Buffalo Creek (Big Otter River tributary)	16.2	16
Buffalo Creek (Maury River tributary)	16.1	16
Buffalo River	31.5	32
Bullpasture River	25.9	26
Bull Run	30	45
Burks Fork	26.5	27
Bush River	22.5	56
Butcher Creek	20.6	21
Butterwood Creek	19.3	19
Byrd Creek	22.6	23
Calfpasture River	41	63
Carter Run	21.4	21
Catawba Creek	44	44
Catoctin Creek	14.1	47
Catoctin Creek - North Fork	14.5	15
Catoctin Creek - South Fork	18.6	19
Cat Point Creek	20.1	20
Cedar Creek	40.6	41
Cedar Run	37.4	37
Chalk Mine Run	5	21
Chestnut Creek	24.1	24
Chickahominy River	87.9	106
Christians Creek	33	33
Chuckatuck Creek	15.8	16
Clear Fork	22.8	23
Clinch River	147.5	525
Clinch River - North Fork	26.9	27
Copper Creek	60.7	61
Country Line Creek	0.3	0
Cove Creek	18.9	19
Cowpasture River	84.3	144
Craig Creek	84	141
Cranes Nest River	25.5	26
Cripple Creek	31.6	32
Crooked Creek	27.9	28
Cub Creek	23.5	24
Cypress Swamp	17.8	18
Dan River	106.7	594
David Creek	17.4	17
Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary)	30.2	47
Deep Creek (James River tributary)	20.1	20
Diascund Creek	17.8	18
Difficult Creek	20.1	20
Difficult Run	15.9	16
Dismal Creek	28.3	28
Dragon Swamp	36.2	36
Dry Fork (Tug Fork tributary)	11.7	12
Dry River	22.5	23
Dry Run	15.2	15
Dunlap Creek	26	26
Elk Creek (Big Otter River tributary)	25.5	26
Elk Creek (New River tributary)	23.8	24
Falling Creek	23.5	24
Falling River	36.1	87
Falling River - South Fork	16.8	17
Fisher River	0.9	1
Flat Creek (Appomattox River tributary)	34	34
Flat Creek (Big Otter River tributary)	15.9	16
Flat Rock Creek	20	20
Fountains Creek	43.7	61
Fox Creek	18.5	19
Genito Creek	8.1	20
Gills Creek	26.7	27
Goose Creek - North Fork (Potomac River tributary)	13.3	31
Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary)	54.2	109
Goose Creek (Roanoke River tributary)	40.7	41
Grassy Creek	8.8	9
Greasy Creek	30.8	31
Great Creek	27.4	27
Great Run	16.7	17
Great Wicomico River	15	15
Guest River	35.6	36
Hardware River	23.3	54
Hardware River - North Fork	11.4	11
Hardware River - South Fork	18.8	19
Harris Creek	22.9	23
Hatcher Run	21.3	21
Hawksbill Creek	19.9	20
Hazel River	47.9	76
Helton Creek	7.6	8
Herring Creek	19	19
Hogue Creek	17.3	17
Holston River - North Fork	135	250
Holston River - South Fork	52.7	135
Hoskins Creek	20.4	20
Hunting Quarter Swamp	16.7	17
Hyco River	23.1	37
Indian Creek (Powell River tributary)	23.5	24
Isaacs Creek	15.1	15
Island Creek	2.9	3
Ivy Creek	21.5	22
Jackson River	96.5	214
James River	348.4	2,325
Johns Creek	39.5	40
Kettle Run	15.8	16
Kimberling Creek	21.5	22
Knox Creek	18	18
Laurel Creek (Holston River - North Fork tributary)	20.5	21
Laurel Creek (Holston River - South Fork tributary)	6	8
Laurel Fork (Big Reed Island Creek tributary)	22.7	23
Laurel Fork (Potomac River - South Branch - North Fork tributary)	16.1	16
Lawsons Creek	15.5	16
Leatherwood Creek	21.6	22
Levisa Fork	36.1	196
Lick Creek	17	17
Little Back Creek	15.6	16
Little Bluestone Creek	16	16
Little Bull Run	15.1	15
Little Calfpasture River	23.5	24
Little Falling River	15.9	16
Little Genito Creek	12.1	12
Little Lickinghole Creek	12	12
Little Nottoway River	14.7	15
Little Otter River	27.7	28
Little Reed Island Creek	32	32
Little River (Clinch River tributary)	31.5	55
Little River (Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary))	23.4	23
Little River (New River tributary)	79.3	100
Little River (New River tributary)	6.8	7
Little River (North Anna River tributary)	44.7	45
Little River - West Fork (New River tributary)	20.3	20
Little Walker Creek	31.7	32
Little Willis River	15.5	16
Lovills Creek	10.5	11
Maggodee Creek	20.6	21
Maiden Spring Creek	23.1	23
Maracossic Creek	24.9	41
Mason Creek	16.8	17
Massaponax Creek	16.5	17
Matrimony Creek	4.9	5
Mattaponi River	102.9	241
Matta River	13.1	13
Maury River	42.6	166
Mayo Creek	4.5	5
McClure River	17.9	18
Mechums River	26.2	26
Mechunk Creek	19.9	20
Meherrin River	97.1	302
Middle Fork Holston River	58	58
Middle Meherrin River	18.4	18
Middle River	70.7	104
Miles Creek	17.5	18
Mill Creek (Calfpasture River tributary)	22.3	22
Mill Creek (Shenandoah River - North Fork tributary)	15.7	16
Mollys Creek	18.3	18
Moormans River	14.3	14
Mountain Run	33.9	34
Mountain Run	17.4	17
Mud Fork	16.3	16
Namozine Creek	23.3	23
Nansemond River	22.8	23
Neabsco Creek	17	17
Newfound River	22.2	22
New River (Kanawha River tributary)	161.1	1,042
Ni River	18.8	19
Nomini Creek	17.1	17
North Anna River	62.4	128
North Landing River	15.6	16
North Mayo River	22.9	23
North Meherrin River	33.7	34
North River	55.4	198
Northwest River	13.6	14
Nottoway River	158.7	469
Nutbush Creek	3	3
Occoquan River	29.8	166
Occupacia Creek	16.7	17
Opequon Creek	32.3	32
Pagan River	15.1	15
Pamunkey Creek	20.8	21
Pamunkey River	92.3	378
Passage Creek	38.7	39
Pauls Creek	8.9	9
Peach Bottom Creek	17	17
Peak Creek	26.6	27
Pedlar River	33.9	34
Peters Creek	8.8	9
Piankatank River	21.4	58
Pigg River	83.9	156
Piney River	16.5	17
Piscataway Creek	15.9	16
Pocomoke River	3.5	4
Pohick Creek	15.3	15
Poni River	3.9	48
Poquoson River	14	14
Po River	25.6	26
Poropotank River	16.7	17
Possum Creek	21.9	22
Potomac Creek	17.9	33
Potomac River	188.3	1,564
Potomac River - South Branch	12	40
Potomac River - South Branch - South Fork	3.8	4
Potts Creek	34.2	34
Pound River	33.9	59
Powell River	90.6	190
Powell River - North Fork	25	25
Powell River - South Fork	17.4	17
Powells Creek	17.3	17
Quantico Creek	14.2	26
Quantico Creek - South Fork	11.7	12
Raccoon Creek	19.9	37
Rapidan River	88.2	154
Rappahannock River	193.7	603
Rattlesnake Creek	17.2	17
Reed Creek	55.6	95
Reedy Creek	1.5	2
Rivanna River	42.1	151
Rivanna River - North Fork	18	35
Rivanna River - South Fork	12.9	53
Roanoke Creek	25.3	25
Roanoke River	220	1,728
Roanoke River - North Fork	30.7	31
Roanoke River - South Fork	17.3	17
Robinson River	34.2	34
Rockfish River	28.7	40
Rockfish River - South Fork	11.6	12
Rowanty Creek	14.1	35
Rucker Run	18.4	18
Russell Fork	35.4	113
Sandy Creek (Banister River tributary)	30.5	31
Sandy Creek (Dan River tributary)	16.4	16
Sandy River (Bush River tributary)	12.8	13
Sandy River (Dan River tributary)	31.2	44
Sandy River - South Prong (Dan River tributary)	13.2	13
Sappony Creek	25.4	25
Seacock Swamp	23.3	23
Second Swamp	16.4	16
Seneca Creek	23.3	23
Shenandoah River	36.7	673
Shenandoah River - North Fork	106.3	265
Shenandoah River - South Fork	101.5	372
Sinking Creek	38.6	39
Slate Creek	18.8	19
Slate River	48.8	49
Sleepy Creek	7.8	11
Sleepy Creek - Middle Fork	3.1	3
Smith Creek	35.6	36
Smith River	81	103
Snow Creek	26.8	43
Somerton Creek	15.2	15
South Anna River	101.9	140
South Fork	20.1	20
South Mayo River	41.3	58
South Meherrin River	24	42
South River (Chalk Mine Run tributary)	15.7	16
South River (Mattaponi River tributary)	16.9	17
South River (Rapidan River tributary)	13.8	14
South River (Shenandoah River - South Fork tributary)	52.6	53
Spoon Creek	16.3	16
Spring Creek	16.6	17
Stewarts Creek	4.2	13
Stinking River	14.2	14
Stony Creek (New River tributary)	16.7	17
Stony Creek (Nottoway River tributary)	29.8	92
Stony Creek (Shenandoah River - North Fork tributary)	28.1	28
Straight Fork	7.8	8
Straightstone Creek	17.3	17
Stuart Run	18.3	18
Sturgeon Creek	21.1	21
Swift Creek	44.9	45
Swift Run	17.4	17
Sycamore Creek	15.3	15
Taylors Creek	15.7	16
Thornton River	28	28
Three Creek	47.8	48
Tinker Creek	20.3	20
Toms Creek	18.5	19
Totopotomoy Creek	17.8	18
Totuskey Creek	18.3	18
Tuckahoe Creek	16.7	17
Tug Fork	4.6	34
Turkeycock Creek	16.4	16
Turnip Creek	19.8	20
Tye River	35.4	102
Upper Machodoc Creek	21.3	21
Walker Creek	75.6	129
Wallen Creek	33.2	33
Waqua Creek	23.3	23
Warwick River	16.3	16
Warwick Swamp	22.5	23
West Creek	17.1	17
White Oak Creek	17	17
Whitethorn Creek	18.7	19
Willis River	62	78
Wolf Creek	47.8	71
Wreck Island Creek	19.6	20
York River	29.6	665

Note: Lengths are for the part of the river/watershed within the boundary of this state.

Note: Mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey