title: Squirrel Creek (Banister River tributary)
text: # Squirrel Creek (Banister River tributary)
  
  Squirrel Creek is a 2.12 mi (3.41 km) long 1st order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Squirrel Creek rises at Riceville, Virginia in Pittsylvania County and then flows northeast to join the Banister River about 2 miles south of Hermosa.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Squirrel Creek drains 2.68 square miles (6.9 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 346.92, and is about 70% forested.
  
  