Short Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[6] It is a tributary of the Ohio River.
| Short Creek Tributary to Ohio River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Short Creek mouth  Short Creek (Ohio River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Ohio Brooke Marshall |
| City | Short Creek |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Longs Run divide |
| • location | about 2 miles northeast of Clinton, West Virginia |
| • coordinates | 40°08′12″N 080°35′06″W / 40.13667°N 80.58500°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,180 ft (360 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | Short Creek, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°10′59″N 080°40′37″W / 40.18306°N 80.67694°W[1] |
• elevation | 644 ft (196 m)[3] |
| Length | 10.07 mi (16.21 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 24.32 square miles (63.0 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ohio River |
| • average | 92.46 cu ft/s (2.618 m3/s) at mouth with Ohio River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Souttell Run |
| • right | North Fork Short Creek Waddles Run Girty Run |
| Bridges | WV 37 (x3), Old Trail Farm, WV 88, WV 7, Freedom Heights, WV 1 (x3), Wainwrigt Street (x2), WV 1, WV 2 |
Short Creek was so named on account of its relatively short watercourse.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Short Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b "South Hyco Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Short Creek (Ohio River tributary)
- ^ 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. p. 575.