title: Bull Creek (Ararat River tributary)
text: # Bull Creek (Ararat River tributary)
  
  Bull Creek is a 8.59 mi (13.82 km) long 2nd 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:
  
  * Bull Run
  * Bull Run Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Bull Creek rises on the Caddle Creek divide about 2 miles north of Black Water, North Carolina. Bull Creek then flows southeast to join the Ararat River about 3 miles northeast of Pine Hill, North Carolina.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Bull Creek drains 13.92 square miles (36.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 358.20, and is about 43% forested.
  
  