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Island Creek (West Virginia)

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- left
  
Copperas Mine Fork

- location
  
Logan

Length
  
29 km

Basin area
  
271.9 km²

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
1,837 ft (560 m)

- elevation
  
663 ft (202 m)

Basin area
  
271.9 km²

Mouth
  
Guyandotte River

Island Creek (West Virginia)

- location
  
Horsepen Mountain, near Mountain View

Island Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, 18.1 miles (29.1 km) long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 105 square miles (270 km2) in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau, in the Logan Coalfield. Island Creek's entire course and drainage area are in Logan County.

Map of Island Creek, West Virginia, USA

Island Creek rises on Horsepen Mountain in the southern extremity of Logan County, near the community of Mountain View, and flows generally northward through the unincorporated communities of Crystal Block, Sarah Ann, Stirrat, Barnabus, Superior Bottom, Omar, Chauncey, Micco, Switzer, Rossmore, Monaville, Wilkinson, Monitor, and Mount Gay, to the city of Logan, where it flows into the Guyandotte River opposite Hatfield Island. The creek is paralleled by West Virginia Route 44 for most of its course.

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 94% of the Island Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Its largest tributary is the Copperas Mine Fork, which drains 43% of Island Creek's watershed; Copperas Mine Fork flows into Island Creek at Mount Gay.

References

Island Creek (West Virginia) Wikipedia