Reedy Creek (West Virginia)

Reedy Creek
Reedy Creek in Wirt County in 2010
Country United States
State West Virginia
Counties Roane, Wirt
Tributaries
 - left Middle Fork Reedy Creek, Right Reedy Creek
Source Left Fork Reedy Creek
 - location western Roane County
 - elevation 1,014 ft (309 m) [1]
 - length 15.9 mi (26 km)
 - coordinates  [2]
Secondary source Right Fork Reedy Creek
 - location northwestern Roane County
 - elevation 979 ft (298 m) [1]
 - length 4.7 mi (8 km)
 - coordinates  [3]
Source confluence
 - location Reedy, Roane County
 - elevation 673 ft (205 m) [1]
 - coordinates  [4]
Mouth Little Kanawha River
 - location Palestine, Wirt County
 - elevation 607 ft (185 m) [4]
 - coordinates  [4]
Length 22.6 mi (36 km)
Basin 133 sq mi (344 km2)
Location of the mouth of Reedy Creek in Palestine, West Virginia

Reedy Creek is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 133 square miles (340 km2)[5] in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It is 22.6 miles (36.4 km) long, or 38.5 miles (62.0 km) long including its Left Fork.[6]

Reedy Creek is formed in the town of Reedy in northern Roane County by the confluence of its Left Fork and its Right Fork:

From the town of Reedy, the main stem of Reedy Creek flows generally northward into Wirt County, through the community of Lucille; it flows into the Little Kanawha River from the south in the community of Palestine. It is paralleled for most of its length by West Virginia Route 14.[7][8]

Among Reedy Creek's tributaries are two others with names derived from that of the main stream:

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 79% of the Reedy Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 20% is used for pasture and agriculture.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Retrieved on 2011-03-11.
  2. ^ a b Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Left Fork Reedy Creek (Feature ID #1541706)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1541706. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  3. ^ a b Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Right Fork Reedy Creek (Feature ID #1545687)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1545687. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  4. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Reedy Creek (Feature ID #1545494)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1545494. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  5. ^ a b West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. "Little Kanawha River". Watershed Atlas Project. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20050404071851/www.dep.state.wv.us/watershed/w5030203.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Little Kanawha Watershed". Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. http://www.webcitation.org/62PqAGHom. Retrieved 2011-10-13. 
  7. ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, retrieved 2011-03-12.
  8. ^ a b c d e West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-246-3. 
  9. ^ Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Middle Fork Reedy Creek (Feature ID #1543193)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1543193. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  10. ^ Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Right Reedy Creek (Feature ID #1545734)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1545734. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  11. ^ Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Enoch Fork (Feature ID #1538719)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1538719. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  12. ^ Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Fulls Fork (Feature ID #1539297)". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1539297. Retrieved 2011-10-12.