| Shavers Fork | |
| Map: | Monon ShaversFork.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: | Tucker, Randolph, Pocahontas |
| Length: | 89miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Bowden, West Virginia[2] |
| Discharge1 Min: | 99cuft/s(1976) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 445cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 27600cuft/s(2010) |
| Discharge2 Location: | Cheat Bridge, WV[3] |
| Discharge2 Avg: | 188cuft/s |
| Source1: | Thorny Flat, Cheat Mountain |
| Source1 Location: | Pocahontas County, West Virginia |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.3956°N -79.9839°W[4] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 4553feet[5] |
| Mouth: | Cheat River |
| Mouth Location: | Parsons, West Virginia |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 39.1108°N -79.6786°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1621feet |
| Basin Size: | 214sqmi |
Shavers Fork of the Cheat River is situated in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is 88.5miles long[1] and forms the Cheat at its confluence with Black Fork at Parsons.[6] It was traditionally considered one of the five Forks of Cheat and its upper reaches constitute the highest river in the eastern United States.[7]
Shavers Fork, via the Cheat, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 214mi2.[1] It flows for much of its length through the Monongahela National Forest, and drains mostly rural and forested areas. 97% of the river's basin is forested, and two-thirds of it is public land.[1]
Shavers Fork rises in north-central Pocahontas County at Thorny Flat, highest peak of Cheat Mountain (4848abbr=onNaNabbr=on) and the site of Snowshoe Mountain ski resort. Its headwaters flow through the ghost town of Spruce. The river then flows generally north-northeastwardly through Randolph and Tucker Counties, where its valley is the trough between Cheat Mountain (to the west) and Shavers Mountain (to the east). Settlements along its course include Cheat Bridge, Bemis, Bowden, and Porterwood. The "High Falls of Cheat" (15feet high) is a few miles upstream of Bemis. Shavers Fork ultimately joins the Black Fork at Parsons to form the Cheat at an elevation of 1621feet.[1] [4] [6]
The creek was named after the local Shaver family.[8] According to the Geographic Names Information System, Shavers Fork has also been known historically as:[4]