Big Sandy Creek (Cheat River tributary) explained

Big Sandy Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Fayette PA, Preston WV
Discharge1 Location:Rockville, WV[1]
Discharge1 Min:4.1cuft/s(1953)
Discharge1 Avg:50cuft/s[2]
Discharge1 Max:931cuft/s(1912)
Source1:Chestnut Ridge, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Source1 Location:Fayette County, PA
Source1 Coordinates:39.8503°N -79.6542°W
Source1 Elevation:2256feet[3]
Mouth:Cheat River
Mouth Location:Jenkinsburg, WV
Mouth Coordinates:39.5967°N -79.7486°W
Mouth Elevation:616feet
Progression:southeast
River System:Monongahela River
Tributaries Left:Braddock Run, Scotts Run, Stony Fork, Little Sandy Creek (Big Sandy Creek), Glade Run, Little Sandy Creek, Parker Run, Sovern Run, Joe Run
Tributaries Right:Chaney Run, McIntire Run, Quebec Run, Tebolt Run, Hazel Run, Laurel Run

Big Sandy Creek is a 31.3adj=midNaNadj=mid[4] mountain stream which begins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and flows into Preston County, West Virginia, in the United States. The Big Sandy flows through Bruceton Mills and Rockville, West Virginia, before crashing down the mountainside and reaching its confluence with the Cheat River at the abandoned town of Jenkinsburg.

The Big Sandy is a popular whitewater kayaking run, a destination for paddlers from many states in the late winter and early spring. The most commonly run section is the Class-V Lower Big Sandy, from Rockville to Jenkinsburg, which contains two runnable waterfalls: Wonder Falls (Class IV) and Big Splat (Class 5.1).

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Notes and References

  1. [United States Geological Survey]
  2. [United States Geological Survey]
  3. Web site: Big Sandy Creek Source . Elevation Query . 2009-07-18 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070315/http://gisdata.usgs.gov/xmlwebservices2/elevation_service.asmx/getElevation?X_Value=-79.65417&Y_Value=39.85040&Elevation_Units=FEET&Source_Layer=-1&Elevation_Only=FALSE . 2011-07-21 .
  4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011