Flat Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 right-bank tributary of the Appomattox River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It rises just east of the town of Burkeville in Nottoway County and flows north into Amelia County, then northeast to join the Appomattox River just outside the village of Coverly northwest of Petersburg.
The name appears as "Flatt Creek" on some 19th-century sources. Amelia Springs, located next to Flat Creek 2 miles north of Jetersville, was a popular resort in pre-Civil War days, and the site of the Battle of Amelia Springs just days before the end of the war in April 1865. The year before, cavalry led by Union general August Kautz had conducted raids against the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and Confederate defenders clashed with Kautz's forces at the bridge over Flat Creek just north of Chula on May 14.
Tributaries
Listed in order, beginning at mouth: Name Bank County Barkhouse Branch Right Amelia Horsepen Branch Left Amelia Nibbs Creek Right Amelia Wildcat Branch Left Amelia Walker Branch Left Amelia Haw Branch Left Amelia Horsepen Creek Left Amelia Beaverpond Creek Right Amelia Neal's Creek Left Amelia Little Creek Left Amelia Vaughn's Creek Right Amelia Webster's Creek Left Amelia Walnut Branch Left Amelia Little Creek Right Amelia Ellis Creek Left Nottoway
See also List of rivers of Virginia
References
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)