Falling Creek (James River tributary) facts for kids

This 1888 map of Chesterfield County shows how Falling Creek rises in the Salisbury section of northwestern Chesterfield County (near the Midlothian coal mines) and flows through Southside Richmond to the James River.

Falling Creek is a tributary of the James River located near Richmond, Virginia. Approximately 23 miles (37 km) in length, it varies in width between 10 feet (3.0 m) at its source to several hundred feet in the Falling Creek Reservoir. Falling Creek rises in the Salisbury section of northwestern Chesterfield County, flows through Southside Richmond and empties into the James River roughly one mile south of the Richmond city limits. A dam located in the Meadowbrook section of the county at Hopkins Road forms the Falling Creek Reservoir, formerly used as northern Chesterfield's drinking water supply.