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Davis Creek (Kanawha River)

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- location
  
west of Hernshaw

Length
  
15 km

Source elevation
  
382 m

Country
  
United States of America

- location
  
South Charleston

Basin area
  
122 kmĀ²

Mouth
  
Kanawha River

Davis Creek (Kanawha River)

Davis Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) long, in West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 47.1 square miles (122 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau, in the Charleston metropolitan area.

Map of Davis Creek, 2, WV, USA

Davis Creek flows for its entire length in Kanawha County. It rises in the Kanawha State Forest approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west of the unincorporated community of Hernshaw, and flows generally northwestward through the state forest and the unincorporated communities of Loudendale and Davis Creek, and a small portion of the city of Charleston, to the city of South Charleston, where it flows into the Kanawha River.

The creek is paralleled by county roads for much of its length, and by West Virginia Route 601 for a portion of its course through South Charleston. Hiking trails follow the creek in the Kanawha State Forest.

Davis Creek has the name of Thomas Davis, a pioneer settler.

References

Davis Creek (Kanawha River) Wikipedia