Buffalo River – Stream in Amherst, Virginia

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1482153

Location

State Virginia

County Amherst

Feature Class Stream

Coordinates

DMS

37°37'22"N 78°53'49"W

Decimal Degrees

37.6226422, -78.8969648

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Buffalo Ridge

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Piedmont

1.6 mi WSW

Hydrography

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Description

31.5 mile long tributary of Tye River.

Nearby Features

Taylors Creek Stream · 1.3 mi WSW
Piedmont Populated Place · 1.6 mi WSW
Buffalo Springs Populated Place · 2.1 mi ESE
Jones Creek Stream · 2.5 mi NNW
Turner Mountain Summit · 2.6 mi NNE
Brown Creek Stream · 2.7 mi NW
Buffalo Ridge Ridge · 3.0 mi SSW
Sears Ridge Ridge · 3.2 mi SE
Long Branch Stream · 3.2 mi NW
Tye River Populated Place · 3.5 mi NW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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