Elkhorn Creek (Tug Fork)
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| Elkhorn Creek | |
| River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | West Virginia |
| County | McDowell, Mercer |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | North Fork Elkhorn Creek |
| Source | Coaldale Mountain |
| - location | Mercer County, West Virginia |
| - elevation | 2,674 ft (815 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | 37°20′50″N 81°20′20″W / 37.34722°N 81.33889°W [2] |
| Mouth | Tug Fork |
| - location | Welch, West Virginia |
| - elevation | 1,296 ft (395 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | 37°25′49″N 81°35′10″W / 37.43028°N 81.58611°W [2] |
Elkhorn Creek is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km)[3] tributary of the Tug Fork, belonging to the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds. It is located in McDowell and Mercer counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Elkhorn Creek is also known as Elkhorn Fork and Elkhorn River.
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[edit] Tributaries
Tributary streams are listed from source to mouth.
- Angle Hollow
- Turkey Gap Branch
- Johns Knob Branch
- Lick Branch
- Trace Branch
- North Fork Elkhorn Creek
- Bearwallow Branch
- Buzzard Branch
- Burk Creek
- Clark Branch
- Coalbank Branch
- Big Branch
- Bottom Creek
- Rockhouse Branch
- Laurel Branch
- Upper Belcher Branch
- Lick Branch
- Meetinghouse Branch
- Mill Creek
[edit] List of cities and towns along Elkhorn Creek
- Big Four
- Bottom Creek
- Eckman
- Elkhorn
- Ennis
- Keystone
- Kimball
- Kyle
- Landgraff
- Maitland
- Maybeury
- Northfork
- Powhatan
- Superior
- Switchback
- Upland
- Vivian
- Welch
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Elkhorn Creek Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. http://gisdata.usgs.gov/XMLWebServices/TNM_Elevation_Service.asmx/getElevation?X_Value=-81.338889&Y_Value=37.347222&Elevation_Units=FEET&Source_Layer=-1&Elevation_Only=FALSE. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b c "Elkhorn Creek". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1538644. Retrieved 2004-04-24.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
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