title: Shockoe Creek (Banister River tributary)
text: # Shockoe Creek (Banister River tributary)
  
  Shockoe Creek is a 6.57 mi (10.57 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Shockoe Creek rises about 1.5 miles north of Spring Garden, Virginia and then flows northeast to join the Banister River about 0.5 miles east-southeast of Markham.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Shockoe Creek drains 9.80 square miles (25.4 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 431.11, and is about 59% forested.
  
  