title: Tanyard Branch (Cherrystone Creek tributary)
text: # Tanyard Branch (Cherrystone Creek tributary)
  
  Tanyard Branch is a 1.78 mi (2.86 km) long 2nd order tributary to Cherrystone Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Tanyard Branch forms the southeast boundary of Chatham, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Tanyard Branch rises in the northeastern part of Chatham, Virginia and then flows southeast to join Cherrystone Creek in the southeastern part of Chatham.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Tanyard Branch drains 2.14 square miles (5.5 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 389.95, and is about 46% forested.
  
  