Laurel Fork (Clear Fork Guyandotte River tributary) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1541451}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Laurel Fork (Feature ID #1541451) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-02-24.
  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/20240525131031/https://www.webcitation.org/62SMkRZaB?url=http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control%3Fp_state=WV . 2024-05-25 . 2013-02-24 . 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 . 2013-02-24 . dead. Acreages of HUC 12 watershed 050701010201, totaling 36084.13 acres.
  5. Book: West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . 1997 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-246-3 . 58–59.