Laurel Fork | |
Map: | Laurel Fork Guyandotte 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: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Raleigh, Wyoming |
Length: | 23.5miles |
Source1 Location: | west of Lester |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.7257°N -81.3662°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2554feet[2] |
Mouth: | Clear Fork |
Mouth Location: | Oceana |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.6912°N -81.6237°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1260feet |
Basin Size: | 56.4sqmi |
The Laurel Fork is a tributary of the Clear Fork, 23.5miles long,[3] in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Clear Fork and the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 56.4sqmi[4] in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
The Laurel Fork rises in western Raleigh County, approximately 4miles west of Lester, and flows generally westward through northern Wyoming County, through the unincorporated communities of Glen Rogers, Ravencliff, Sabine, Glen Fork, Jesse, Matheny, and Edith, to the town of Oceana, where it flows into the Clear Fork from the east. Downstream of Jesse, the stream is paralleled by West Virginia Route 10.[5]