title: Champ Creek
text: # Champ Creek
  
  Champ Creek is a 3.37 mi (5.42 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This stream is the only one of its name in the United States.
  
  ## Course
  
  Champ Creek rises in a pond on the Faulkner Creek divide about 2 miles east of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Champ Creek then flows southwest to join the Ararat River about 0.5 miles northeast of Mount Airy.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Champ Creek drains 2.95 square miles (7.6 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 337.25, and is about 51% forested.
  
  