Shavers Fork

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Shavers Fork
Shavers Fork at Stuart Recreation Area in the Monongahela National Forest
Shavers Fork at Stuart Recreation Area in the Monongahela National Forest
Country United States
State West Virginia
Counties Tucker, Randolph, Pocahontas
Major city Parsons
Length 89 mi (143 km) [1]
Watershed 214 mi² (554 km²) [1]
Discharge Bowden
 - average 516 ft³/s (15 m³/s) (2004)[2]
Discharge elsewhere
 - Cheat Bridge 168 ft³/s (5 m³/s) (2005)[3]
Source Thorny Flat
 - coordinates 38°23′50″N, 79°59′09″W
 - elevation 4,520 ft (1,378 m)
Mouth Confluence with Black Fork [4]
 - location Parsons, Tucker County
 - coordinates 39°06′39″N, 79°40′44″W
 - elevation 1,621 ft (494 m)
Map of the Monongahela River basin, with Shavers Fork highlighted.
Map of the Monongahela River basin, with Shavers Fork highlighted.
Shavers Fork in downtown Parsons
Shavers Fork in downtown Parsons

Shavers Fork is a river, 88.5 mi (142.5 km) long,[1] in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia in the United States. It is a principal tributary of the Cheat River, which it forms at its confluence with the Black Fork at the town of Parsons.[5] Via the Cheat, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 214 mi² (554 km²).[1] It flows for much of its length through the Monongahela National Forest, and drains mostly rural and forested areas. 97% of the river's basin is forested, and two-thirds of it is public land.[1]

The Shavers Fork rises in north-central Pocahontas County at an elevation of over 4,500 ft (1,370 m) and flows generally north-northeastwardly through Randolph and Tucker Counties, where it joins the Black Fork at Parsons to form the Cheat River, at an elevation of 1621 ft (494 m).[4][1][5]

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[edit] Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Shavers Fork has also been known historically as:[4]

  • Chavers Fork
  • Main Cheat River
  • Shafers Fork
  • Shaffers Fork of Cheat River
  • Shaver's Fork
  • Shavers Fork River
  • Shavers Fork of Cheat River

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Godfrey, Tanya. 2006. "Shavers Fork." The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.
  2. ^ United States Geological Survey (USGS); Table of Average Annual Discharges for Shavers Fork near Bowden, WV; retrieved March 14, 2007. Figure cited is for 2004, most recent year data is available.
  3. ^ United States Geological Survey (USGS); Average annual discharge for Shavers Fork near Cheat Bridge; retrieved March 14, 2007. Figure cited is for 2005.
  4. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System entry for Shavers Fork
  5. ^ a b DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.

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[edit] Online maps and aerial photos

Mouth or other endpoint (Cheat River)

Source (Thorny Flat)

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