title: Urbanna Creek
text: # Urbanna Creek
  
  Urbanna Creek is a 3.52 mi (5.66 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County, Virginia. The stream is tidal is for its entire distance.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Nimcock Creek
  * Urbana Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Urbanna Creek begins at the Town Bridge Pond dam about 0.5 miles southwest of Urbanna, Virginia. Urbanna Creek then flows southeast then northeast to meet the Rappahannock River at Urbanna, Virginia.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Urbanna Creek drains 9.69 square miles (25.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 432.65 and is about 54.8% forested.
  
  