Huff Creek | |
Map: | Huff Creek WV map.png |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the river mouth in West Virginia |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Wyoming, Logan |
Length: | 21.2miles |
Source1 Location: | northwest of Kopperston |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.7765°N -81.5837°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2549feet[2] |
Mouth: | Guyandotte River |
Mouth Location: | Huff Junction |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.7304°N -81.8732°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 735feet |
Basin Size: | 52sqmi |
Huff Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, 21.2miles long,[3] in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 52sqmi[4] in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The creek was named after Peter Huff, an early settler.[5]
Huff Creek rises in northern Wyoming County, approximately 2miles northwest of Kopperston, and flows generally westward through the unincorporated communities of Lacoma, Cyclone, and Campus in Wyoming County; and Gillman Bottom, Claypool, Mineral City, Davin, and Mallory in Logan County, to Huff Junction, where it flows into the Guyandotte River from the east, approximately 1miles southeast of the town of Man. Downstream from Lacoma, the creek is paralleled by West Virginia Route 10.[6]
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 97% of the Huff Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous.[4]