Twelvepole Creek
Twelvepole Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Wayne |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | East Fork Twelvepole Creek |
• location | Dingess Mountain, Mingo County, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 37°53′02″N 82°07′15″W / 37.88389°N 82.12083°W |
• elevation | 1,277 ft (389 m)[1] |
2nd source | West Fork Twelvepole Creek |
• location | Dingess Mountain, Mingo County, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 37°51′33″N 82°06′48″W / 37.85917°N 82.11333°W |
• elevation | 1,676 ft (511 m)[2] |
Source confluence | |
• location | Wayne, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 38°12′41″N 82°26′44″W / 38.21139°N 82.44556°W |
• elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
Mouth | Ohio River[3] |
• location | Ceredo, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 38°24′04″N 82°31′51″W / 38.40111°N 82.53083°W |
• elevation | 515 ft (157 m) |
Discharge | |
• location | East Fork near m, [4] |
• average | 8.3 cu ft/s (0.24 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 0.13 cu ft/s (0.0037 m3/s)(1989) |
• maximum | 99 cu ft/s (2.8 m3/s)(1980) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Beech Fork |
Twelvepole Creek is a 32.2-mile-long (51.8 km)[5] river located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of the Ohio River. It is alternately known as Twelve Pole Creek.[6]
Course
Twelvepole Creek rises in northern
Origin of name
Twelvepole Creek received its name from early explorer. The group supposedly included a young George Washington[citation needed]. Traveling the Ohio River, they measured the mouth of the creek where it joined the Ohio in terms of poles, also known as rods. Being approximately 198 feet (12 poles) wide at its mouth, the creek was named Twelvepole Creek.[7]
Recreation
East Lynn Lake and Beech Fork Lake (formed from one of Twelvepole Creek's tributaries) provide popular destinations for boating, fishing, swimming, and camping.
See also
- List of West Virginia rivers
References
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"East Fork Twelvepole Creek Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
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"West Fork Twelvepole Creek Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ "Twelvepole Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
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"USGS 03206600 East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, West Virginia". National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 26, 2011
- ^ "House Concurrent Resolution No. 23". West Virginia Legislature. February 14, 2002. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. pp. 637–638.