title: Elk Spur Branch
text: # Elk Spur Branch
  
  Elk Spur Branch is a 4.06 mi (6.53 km) long 2nd order tributary to Lovills Creek in Carroll County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Elk Spur Branch rises about 0.5 miles southeast of Fancy Gap, Virginia in Carroll County and then flows south and east-southeast to join Lovills Creek about 4 miles south of Wards Gap.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Elk Spur Branch drains 4.40 square miles (11.4 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 54.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 265.16, and is about 81% forested.
  
  