Fisher River (North Carolina) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fisher River
Location of Fisher River mouth
Other name(s)	Tributary to Yadkin River
Country	United States
State	North Carolina Virginia
Counties	Surry (NC) Grayson (VA)
Physical characteristics
Main source	divide between Fisher River and New River about 1 mile east of Low Gap, Virginia 2,640 ft (800 m) 36°34′13″N 080°52′03″W / 36.57028°N 80.86750°W / 36.57028; -80.86750
River mouth	Yadkin River Crutchfield, North Carolina 840 ft (260 m) 36°16′02″N 080°41′33″W / 36.26722°N 80.69250°W / 36.26722; -80.69250
Length	43.0 mi (69.2 km)
Basin features
Progression	generally south
River system	Yadkin River
Basin size	164.27 square miles (425.5 km2)
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 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."

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.