Copperas Mine Fork Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1537675}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Copperas Mine Fork (Feature ID #1537675) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2011-10-25.
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. Web site: Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Upper Guyandotte Watershed . United States Environmental Protection Agency . United States Environmental Protection Agency . https://archive.today/20121212011132/http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05070101&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= . 2012-12-12 . 2011-10-25 . dead.
  4. Web site: HUC 8-12 Watersheds . West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection . https://web.archive.org/web/20111012054846/http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/Programs/nonptsource/Documents/WBPs/HUC_8-12Watersheds.pdf . 2011-10-12 . 2011-10-25 . dead. HUC 12 watershed 050701010401, totaling 29075.17 acres.
  5. Book: West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . 1997 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-246-3 . 51, 57.