Point Pleasant Creek Explained

Point Pleasant Creek
Map:Point_Pleasant_Creek_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:Wetzel, Tyler
Length:10.4miles
Source1 Location:south of New Martinsville, Wetzel County
Source1 Coordinates:39.6112°N -80.8634°W[1]
Source1 Elevation:987feet[2]
Mouth:Middle Island Creek
Mouth Location:Middlebourne, Tyler County
Mouth Coordinates:39.5037°N -80.9029°W
Mouth Elevation:663feet
Basin Size:60.5sqmi
Tributaries Left:Elk Fork
Custom Label:Hydrologic Unit Codes
Custom Data:050302010502, 050302010503 (USGS)

Point Pleasant Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, 10.4miles long,[3] in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 60.5sqmi[4] in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Point Pleasant Creek rises in southwestern Wetzel County, approximately 2miles south of New Martinsville, and flows southward into Tyler County and through the unincorporated community of Kidwell, near which it collects its largest tributary, the Elk Fork. It flows into Middle Island Creek on the northern boundary of the town of Middlebourne. Upstream of Kidwell, it is paralleled by West Virginia Route 180; for the remainder of its course it is mostly paralleled by West Virginia Route 18.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1552525}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Point Pleasant Creek (Feature ID #1552525) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-07-17.
  2. [The National Map]
  3. Web site: West Virginia, Little Muskingum-Middle Island Watershed . United States Environmental Protection Agency . United States Environmental Protection Agency . 2013-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130715234937/http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05030201&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= . dead . 2013-07-15.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Point Pleasant Creek and Elk Fork watersheds, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes 050302010503 and 050302010502. The National Map, retrieved 2013-07-17
  5. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map
  6. Book: West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . 1997 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-246-3 . 24.