Copperas Mine Fork | |
Map: | Copperas_Mine_Fork_map.png |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Logan |
Length: | 9.3miles |
Source1 Location: | western Logan County |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.83°N -82.1247°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1413feet[2] |
Mouth: | Island Creek |
Mouth Location: | Mount Gay |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.8417°N -82.0084°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 667feet |
Basin Size: | 45.4sqmi |
Copperas Mine Fork is a tributary of Island Creek, 9.3miles long,[3] in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via Island Creek and the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 45.4sqmi[4] in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau, in the Logan Coalfield. The Copperas Mine Fork's entire course and drainage area are in Logan County.[5]
The Copperas Mine Fork rises in western Logan County, along its boundary with Mingo County, and flows generally eastward through the unincorporated communities of Sulphur Springs, Beebe, Holden, and Cora, to Mount Gay, where it flows into Island Creek from the west, approximately 1miles west of the city of Logan.[5]