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- elevation
  
1,485 ft (453 m)

Basin area
  
53.87 km²

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
591 ft (180 m)

Mouth
  
Kanawha River

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- location
  
west-northwest of Mammoth

- location
  
between Diamond and Belle

Witcher Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 6.8 miles (10.9 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 20.8 square miles (54 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Map of Witcher Creek, Chesapeake, WV, USA

Witcher Creek flows for its entire length in eastern Kanawha County. It rises approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west-northwest of Mammoth and flows southwestward through the unincorporated community of Witcher. It flows into the Kanawha River approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) southwest of Witcher, between the town of Belle and the unincorporated community of Diamond. The creek is paralleled by a county road for much of its course.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Witcher Creek has also been known historically by the variant name “Witchers Creek.”

References

Witcher Creek Wikipedia