title: Long Branch (Clarks Creek tributary)
text: # Long Branch (Clarks Creek tributary)
  
  Long Branch is a 2.35 mi (3.78 km) long 1st order tributary to Clarks Creek in Patrick County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Long Branch rises about 1.5 miles south of The Hollow in Patrick County, Virginia and then flows generally east to join Clarks Creek about 3 miles southeast of Ararat.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Long Branch drains 1.58 square miles (4.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about49.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 280.40, and is about 72% forested.
  
  