This area of Catawba Creek is near the cement plant and the county landfill. I wouldn't put my hand in it for nothing.
Catawba Creek runs into the James River near Salisbury at Lapsley's Run. The river begins somewhere in Roanoke County, possible up near the Homeplace Restaurant, before winding its way through Botetourt County toward the James River. (I couldn't find a map that shows where it starts.)
It is navigable in some places, mostly from Fincastle to the James. It is fed by multiple tributaries from springs and water run off from all over the northern and far southwestern ends of the county.
