Fisher River (North Carolina)

The Fisher River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in northwestern North Carolina in the United States, also draining a very small portion of southwestern Virginia. Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Big Fishers River," "Fish River" and "Fishe River."

Fisher River Tributary to Yadkin River
Location of Fisher River mouth
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina Virginia
Counties	Surry (NC) Grayson (VA)
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Fisher River and New River
• location	about 1 mile east of Low Gap, Virginia
• coordinates	36°34′13″N 080°52′03″W
• elevation	2,640 ft (800 m)
Mouth	Yadkin River
• location	Crutchfield, North Carolina
• coordinates	36°16′02″N 080°41′33″W
• elevation	840 ft (260 m)
Length	43.0 mi (69.2 km)
Basin size	164.27 square miles (425.5 km2)
Discharge
• location	Yadkin River
• average	238.53 cu ft/s (6.754 m3/s) at mouth with Yadkin River
Basin features
Progression	Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Yadkin River
Tributaries
• left	Camp Branch Sage Creek Little Fisher River Cooks Creek Horns Creek Beaver Creek Little Beaver Creek Dunagan Creek Davenport Creek
• right	Gully Creek Roaring Fork Endicott Creek Red Hill Creek Flat Branch Burris Creek Cody Creek Bear Creek Pheasant Creek

The Fisher River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern extremity of Grayson County, Virginia, but flows for nearly all of its length in Surry County, North Carolina, initially southeastwardly. Near Dobson, it collects the short Little Fisher River and turns southward to its confluence with the Yadkin River, about 3 mi (5 km) north-northeast of Boonville.

See also

• List of North Carolina rivers
• List of Virginia rivers