title: Stewarts Creek (Ararat River tributary)
text: # Stewarts Creek (Ararat River tributary)
  
  Stewarts Creek is a 20.24 mi (32.57 km) long 4th order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Bledsoe Creek
  * Stewart Creek
  * Stuarts Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Stewarts Creek originates at the confluence of North and South Fork about 4 miles southwest of Pipers Gap in Carroll County, Virginia. Stewarts Creek then flows southeast into Surry County, North Carolina to join the Ararat River at Mount Airy.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Stewarts Creek drains 79.71 square miles (206.4 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 49.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 333.21, and is about 57% forested.
  
  