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McKim Creek (West Virginia)

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- elevation
  
990 ft (302 m)

Basin area
  
96.61 kmĀ²

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
607 ft (185 m)

Mouth
  
Middle Island Creek

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- location
  
near McKim, Tyler County

- location
  
Union Mills, Pleasants County

McKim Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, 20.4 miles (32.8 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 37.3 square miles (97 km2) in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Map of McKim Creek, West Virginia, USA

McKim Creek rises just east of McKim in southwestern Tyler County and flows generally westward into eastern Pleasants County, through the unincorporated communities of McKim and Plum Run in Tyler County and Hebron in Pleasants County. It flows into Middle Island Creek at the community of Union Mills, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) upstream of Middle Island Creek's confluence with the Ohio River in St. Marys.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, McKim Creek has also been known historically by the name "McKim's Fork."

References

McKim Creek (West Virginia) Wikipedia