Flat Shoal Creek (Ararat River tributary)
# Flat Shoal Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Flat Shoal Creek is a 7.97 mi (12.83 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.

## Course

Flat Shoal Creek rises on the Stoney Creek divide (south side of Chestnut Ridge) about 4 miles southeast of Sheltontown, North Carolina. Flat Shoal Creek then flows south before turning southwest to join the Ararat River at Ararat, North Carolina.

## Watershed

Flat Shoal Creek drains 8.88 square miles (23.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 341.81, and is about 53% forested.

